Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Bake
3x the delicious servings!
- Wheat
- Tree Nuts
- Milk
This sweet and hearty make-ahead meal can feed a crowd or keep you in breakfast all week long! (Talk about a great week.) You’ll top a comforting filling of apples and cinnamon with an oat-pecan streusel, then bake to golden-brown perfection and serve with dollops of honey-lemon yogurt for tangy-creamy contrast. Order this instant favorite for your next breakfast gathering (or save it all for yourself!). This recipe is triple the typical servings, providing 6 servings and 12 servings for a 2 person and 4 person box respectively.
Ingredients
½ cup
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
½ cup
Rolled Oats
1 ounce
Pecans
(Contains: Tree Nuts)
2 teaspoon
Cinnamon
4 unit
Apple
1 unit
Lemon
4 tablespoon
Brown Sugar
¾ cup
Yogurt
(Contains: Milk)
4 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
2 tablespoon
Honey
Not included in your delivery
4 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
4 tablespoon
Sugar
Nonstick Cooking Spray
Salt
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease an 8-by-8-inch nonstick metal baking dish (9-by-13-inch baking dish for 12 servings) with nonstick cooking spray. Reserve 1 TBSP flour (2 TBSP for 12) in a large bowl. Wash and dry produce.
• Place 4 TBSP butter (8 TBSP for 12 servings) in a medium microwave-safe bowl; cover with plastic wrap. Microwave until melted, 60-90 seconds. TIP: Get a head start peeling apples while butter melts!
• To bowl with melted butter, add oats, pecans, half the cinnamon, remaining flour, 4 TBSP white sugar (8 TBSP for 12 servings), and a pinch of salt. Mix with a fork to combine. Place topping mixture in freezer to firm up while preparing filling.
• Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. Zest and quarter lemon.
• To bowl with reserved flour, add apples, brown sugar, remaining cinnamon, and juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 12 servings); toss to combine. Transfer to prepared baking dish in an even layer.
• Remove topping mixture from freezer and evenly crumble over apple filling, pressing together with fingertips to create small clumps.
• Bake breakfast bake on middle rack until topping is golden brown and apples are tender, 25-30 minutes. TIP: Prefer softer apples? Bake an extra 5-10 minutes.
• While breakfast bake bakes, wash and dry bowl used for topping mixture. In bowl, whisk together yogurt, crème fraîche, honey, and lemon zest to taste until combined. TIP: Use scissors to open all the packets! If honey is hardened, massage packets between your hands to soften before opening.
• Let breakfast bake cool slightly. Divide between bowls and top with dollops of honey lemon yogurt.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the sweet-and-tart combo, with the lemon yogurt elevating it from ordinary apple crisp to a new favorite.
- Ease of prep: Some found it time-consuming, especially peeling apples and opening many small packets, but most agreed the result was worth the effort.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing sugar for a less sweet version; try adding extra apples or cubing them for better texture and proportion.
- Portions: Several mentioned it makes a great dessert or snack; some found it perfect for meal prep or sharing with guests.
- Versatility: Works well as breakfast, brunch, or dessert; pairs nicely with ice cream or additional breakfast items like eggs.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was delicious but it was also not a breakfast bake in my opinion. It was straight up apple crisp, which to me is dessert. There was only a 1/2 cup oats in the entire recipe. I eat 1/2 cup oats as a meal.
So delicious but it took more than twice as long as the recipe said. The hello fresh team really overestimates how quickly home cooks can do things like peel, core, and slice a bunch of apples
Sooooo good. Especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Warm, soft cinnamon sugar apples with a delicious brown sugar crumble brought together with oats and melted butter. Delicious!
I loved this breakfast, but I feel like the yogurt might fare better if it used a greek yogurt base instead of mixing creme fraiche and standard yogurt together. The yogurt was delicious but ended up being so watery that it didn't complement the bake as well as it seemed it should.
We followed the recipe, but the flour didn't bake at all--so we ended up with yogurt (which was good!) and apples coated in unbaked, dry flour. We put it back in the oven, and the apples baked, but the flour still didn't. I think the ratio of wet-to-dry might be off.
Simply to make and very tasty. Prep took longer than cooking time. Opening 10 "packets" of yogurt takes a while haha. Will definitely make again with local apples once in season.
Loved the combo of sweet + tart! The lemon yogurt brought this meal to another level, from just another apple pie to a new obsession! Love, love, love
Made this with my mom one night as a little treat, drizzled the honey yogurt on top and actually paired it with some vanilla icecream to make it a dessert. Enough for 4-6 people and it was delicious.
The instructions become a little wonky when it was time to create the crust because I couldn't tell how much flour to use and there wasn't enough apples and oatmeal after cooking it for the right serving size
A delicious apple crumble, but definitely too sugary for a breakfast item. Granny Smith apples would add a nice tartness.
