The saying goes, “apples and honey, it may sound funny, but it can make your new year sweet and sunny!” Celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) with apples and honey - in healthy and hearty baked oatmeal form!
Happy Rosh Hashanah! Shanah tovah! It’s the year of 5776! Time for some apples and honey!
To write this post, I first started by googling “what year is it for the Jewish new year” and “why do we eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah?” *smacks palm into face*. Sorry for being an uninformed Jewess over here.
To answer my questions - it’s the year of 5776 and we eat apples and honey in the tradition of their sweetness - we hope it sets the tone for us to be granted an ultra-sweet year ahead! I swear I knew that - I thought maybe there was more to it!
In all seriousness, Rosh Hashanah is not the most “fun” of Jewish holidays but it is still centered around a delicious meal. I purchased a small pasture-raised chicken from my CSA and I plan to attempt to roast a whole chicken for the first time for myself and Nate, and savor the leftovers. I tend to go to services like every other year when it comes to Rosh Hashanah, depending on where I’m located and if I can get someone to come along with me. This year I think we’ll celebrate the holiday by eating this baked oatmeal and enjoying a traditional dinner on Sunday evening.
I honest to goodness cannot remember what I did last year for Rosh Hashanah. I do remember that I was in Israel for Yom Kippur - the other “big” Jewish holiday that happens around this time of year! Growing up, my family really didn’t have many specific Rosh traditions. There was a lot of brunching at family friend’s places and crashing their synogogue’s services until we joined our own temple. I haven’t established many of my own traditions yet around the holidays, but I do enjoy having the blog to experiment and document as I do so - like with these macaroons for Passover. And of course, these poptarts for Valentines Day!
Anyways, happy new year! Make sure to eat some apples and honey for a sweet year ahead!
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup applesauce
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs + 2 egg whites
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
- 2 apples, sliced
- 2 tbsp plus extra honey for drizzling
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Lightly grease an 8x8 baking pan
- Mix the oats, applesauce, baking powder, ground cinnamon, eggs, almond milk, vanilla extract and salt
- Pour into the baking pan
- Arrange the apple slices on top of the oats
- Bake for 20-25 minutes
- Serve with a honey drizzle!
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Love all the whole food ingredients this recipe has 🙂 apples and honey go so well together, I think 🙂
Jess @hellotofit recently posted…Vietnamese puff pastry pies
Apples and honey are definitely a combination to use year-round, not just for rosh hashanah!
Happy Rosh Hashanah!! This looks like a yummy treat to celebrate 😀
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It was so nice to have this for breakfast!!
Dani recently posted…Apples & Honey Baked Oatmeal for the Jewish New Year!
Happy Jewish New Year to you! This baked oatmeal sounds divine, perfect for the celebration. Loved the saying, “apples and honey, it may sound funny, but it can make your new year sweet and sunny!” 🙂
Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen recently posted…Instant Peach Jalebi Topped with Whipped Cream and Pistachio
It’s usually sung to a song! But I couldn’t do that on the blog 🙂
Love the addition of honey to this!
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It was a nice touch for sure!!
This recipe is lovely, such beautiful pictures!
I have a good friend who is Christian rather than Jewish, but still celebrates all the Jewish holidays! She would totally love this.
Kate recently posted…Gettin’ our Greek on
Haha, why not?! More to celebrate! 🙂
Happy Rosh! I have seen a couple of honey and apple recipes today and they all look so good. I am SO happy that it is apple season 🙂
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy recently posted…Comment on Thai Yellow Curry by Dannii
Me too! We are still seeing lots of summer fruit at the farmer’s market and i’m ready for the plethora of apples!
happy New Year to you and OMG guys your are so ahead of me lol year 5776? Nice 🙂 that honey baked oatmeal looks and sounds delicious, glad you shared it!
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hahhah happy to share!
Happy New Year to my new friend! I, too, bought a whole chicken to roast tonight for dinner with Travis. It’s this time of year that I miss my mom’s delicious Jewish cooking!
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I hope your chicken turned out well!! It was so fun to roast a whole chicken. I felt very accomplished. Shanah tovah to you!!
Happy Rosh Hashanah, Dani! I’m not Jewish, but I totally want to partake in apples and honey!! 🙂 This oatmeal looks incredibly delicious! But I love anything oatmeal… and honey.. and apples. So…duh? Lol. Hope you have a great New Year! Cheers, girlie!!
I’m always up for any kind of celebration!
Well if there’s a holiday where you celebrate by eating apples and honey, then sign me up! This seems like a lovely way to incorporate those flavors, especially for a fall themed dish. Yum!
I know, I’m always looking for a good reason to celebrate anything! 🙂
Happy 5776’s new year, Dani 🙂
I love baked oatmeal — looks great with the apples!
The roasted apples tasted like dessert!
The roasted apples were like dessert!!
Well thank you for educating me because I had no idea it was year 5776! Nor did I know that apples and honey are a traditional meal for the Jewish New Year. That’s a delicious tradition! And this recipe looks like the perfect way to celebrate!
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So glad I could provide you with a little education this evening! 🙂
Happy New Year! I love the idea of eating apples and honey for a sweet upcoming year 🙂 Looking forward to meeting you soon!
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Same to you! 🙂