Description
This easy and healthy(ish) apple dessert is perfect for Fall!
Ingredients
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- 7 sweet, firm apples like Fuji or Gala
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts (or pecans)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- A pinch of kosher salt
- Zest of 1 small orange
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup apple cider (you can also use water if you don’t have cider)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Core 6 apples using a pairing knife and/or a melon baller. Reserve the tops, if desired.
- Also, remove enough of the fruit so you can easily spoon the oatmeal mixture inside, being careful to leave the bottom intact, so the juices stay in the apple during baking. Place in a baking pan and set aside.
- If your apples aren’t all standing up straight, you can also shave a thin slice off the bottom. Again, be careful to leave the bottom intact.
- Core, peel, and cut the remaining apple into small dice.
- Mix together the diced apple, butter, oatmeal, cranberries, nuts, cinnamon, salt, and orange zest.
- Fully fill (or overfill) the prepared apples with the oatmeal mixture. Top with reserved apple caps if using.
- Add maple syrup and apple cider to the pan and transfer to the oven. Bake until tender, about 40 minutes, basting every 10 minutes or so with the syrup/cider mixture.
- When done, transfer to a serving plate and drizzle with any remaining syrup/cider sauce.
- Add topping of your choice. The apples can be eaten warm or cold.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 apple
- Calories: 299
- Sugar: 33.7 g
- Sodium: 219.3 mg
- Fat: 14.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 41.8 g
- Protein: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 25.4 mg