Cinnamon Bun Overnight Oats – The delicious flavors of a cinnamon bun in an easy to make, overnight breakfast treat. Sweetened with brown sugar, flavored with cinnamon and packed with raisins.
What I love about overnight oats:
- You can eat them hot or cold
- They are so easy to put together and are so simple to serve for breakfast. You (and kids!) can just grab it out of the fridge and go!
- Oats help to keep you feeling fuller longer.
- Oats have a lot of fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals.
- There are so many flavor options!
I have a few other overnight oat recipes on my blog. Try these Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats, or my Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats. Also, try my latest oats recipes - Maple Peach + Pecan Overnight Oats - they're so good too!
How to Make Cinnamon Bun Overnight Oats
This is the best part - they are so easy. I mix together the dry ingredients in a large bowl - so the oats, cinnamon, raisins, salt and chia seeds. In a another smaller bowl I whisk together the cashew milk, yogurt, vanilla and brown sugar, until it's really smooth and the yogurt has been mixed in evenly.
Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix together. Done with prep!
At this point you can add the whole thing to a container with a lid (or just mix it in there to begin with) and then refrigerate overnight. From there, portion it out as you want to.
Or portion it into individual jars with lids and refrigerate like that so you have one person servings ready to go.
Eat hot or cold. I liked it both ways and I like some whipped cream on when they're cold - it feels really dessert like.
Also, if you'd rather switch out the brown sugar for something like maple or honey, I'm sure it would work perfectly - just sweeten to your preference.
Also, let's not talk about the raisins, ok? I get overruled in my house over raisins. When I make actual cinnamon buns, I make half with raisins and half without for me. My most popular cookie recipe is Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. Anyone else dislike raisins out there?
Cinnamon Roll Overnight Oats
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 ⅓ cup cashew milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- a pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar ((or other sweetener, to taste))
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¼ cup sultana raisins
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the liquids.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix together.
- Either portion the oats into jars and add lids, or place entire portion in a large container and add a lid. Refrigerate overnight.
- Top with whipped heavy cream, if preferred. Can eat hot or cold.
Notes
Nutrition
NUTRITION DISLCAIMER
Nutritional information is an estimate only, intended for informational purposes, and not to be used as medical or dietary advice. The estimate is based on a nutrition calculator and every recipe will vary slightly depending on the products you use in your home. This estimate is per serving. Your nutrition facts could vary. Changing the serving size on the recipe card may affect ingredient amounts, nutrition, prep time, and/or cook time.
Lucie
Hi Jacqueline,
I loved this recipe! I'm an avid cinnamon over-user (according to everyone else in my family) so naturally I was drawn to this one...
All the goodness of oatmeal with all the sweetness of a cinnamon bun. Yum!
I would like to include this recipe in a post about my favourite oatmeal recipes, could I link to you? I would love to use a photo to capture the goodness you've crafted here.
Okay, off to delve into the rest of your blog now! Have a great day,
Lucie xo
pipercooks
Hi Lucie!
Thanks for your comment, I'm a cinnamon lover too 🙂
Yes you can definitely use this photo with a link back, thanks so much for asking and for sharing my recipe.
Have a great day!
Jacqueline
Rebecca Gleason
My new favorite overnight oats recipe, and since I opt to omit the raisins, adding a 1/4C of chopped walnuts has been a nice add.
pipercooks
I omit the raisins when I make if for myself too, I'll try walnuts next time! Thanks for commenting Rebecca.
Yvonne
Hello,
thank you, for the Recipe. 🙂
I made that in a hot Version, as a Porridge an instead of Oats I used 5-Grain Flakes. I made a vegan Version and that was really delicious. 🙂
Greetings,
Yvonne
pipercooks
That's great Yvonne, thanks letting me know a vegan version worked out, and I'm glad you liked the recipe!
Jacqueline
Mel
Can you substitute the cashew milk?
pipercooks
Hi Mel,
Yes, you can substitute any non dairy milk you like!
Jacqueline
pipercooks
You can also use cows milk if you prefer 🙂
Debbie Woolard
How do u work out the calories per serve thanks
pipercooks
Hi Debbie,
I've updated the recipe card to show the calories per serving, according to the online calculator that I use. Hope that helps!
Jacqueline
Jaclyn
Hi, are the chia seeds necessary in this recipe? I'm not a big fan of their texture.
Jacqueline Piper
No, you can skip them if you don't like them. They do soak up quite a bit of liquid though so I would recommend cutting back the liquid by a little bit - maybe about 1/4 - 1/3 cup or so? If you try it, let me know how it works out 🙂