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Easy Baked Apples

These 5-ingredient Easy Baked Apples are low in sugar for breakfast, but delicious enough for dessert!

Gluten Free, Grain Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free

Easy Baked Apples

I am totally crushing on apples right now.

If I had to name a quintessential fall activity, I would say apple picking. The window is short, but there’s nothing better than getting cold apple cider and biting an apple straight from the trees!

It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been apple picking, but it’s an adventure that totally makes you feel like a kid again! And now I can’t wait to bring my son!

Returning home from apple picking makes me feel giddy all over… so many apples and what to do…

Easy Baked Apples | C it Nutritionally

There’s always room for a healthy apple crisp

But there’s nothing better to me than my grandma’s easy baked apples.

Baked apples are one of those foods I associate with grandma’s house. Kind of like my favorite rainbow sprinkle cookies the size of my face, grandma’s (we call my grandma Mommoy, pronounced MOM-OY) famous spaghetti and meatballs and chicken cutlets. Since it was a favorite, grandma always had it in the house!

Well, after making her recipe to the T, I decided I now like baked apples better with the skin ON (helloooo, more fiber and antioxidants!), with tons of cinnamon, and with a secret ingredient of mine.

Baked apples are a cross between applesauce and apple pie, but without the crust and not as mushy. I ate at least 2 baked apples everyday this week – one for breakfast and one for a snack or dessert. Soooo good!

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Before I get to the recipe, let’s talk about fall’s superstar fruit, the APPLE…

  • A medium apple (~3 inches in diameter) contains 95 calories, 0g fat, 4g fiber, and 14% your daily value of vitamin C.
  • Apples are packed with phytonutrients, like quercetin, which can help regulate your blood sugar.
  • Eating a whole apple – versus their broken down form in applesauce or apple juice – leads to increased satiety. One study proved that healthy adults eating a medium-sized apple 15 minutes before a meal, CUT their caloric intake at that meal by about 15%! That’s staggering!

So let’s get to it so you can enjoy these benefits of whole apples…

Easy Baked Apples

To make this recipe you’ll need…

  • Apples
  • Honey (or another liquid sweetener you prefer)
  • Cinnamon (I love the cinnamon from Costco!)
  • Ground ginger (trust me, you want to add this spice to your pantry!)
  • An 8 x 8 baking dish

These Easy Baked Apples are…

  • Easy to make
  • Just sweet enough, but…
  • Low in added sugar
  • A delicious fall dessert
  • Food allergy friendly
  • Vegan
  • Gluten free
  • Grain free
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Easy Baked Apples

  • Author: Chelsey

Ingredients

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  • 4 Macintosh apples
  • 12 tablespoons honey (depending on your sweet tolerance)
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon (more to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Carefully cut out the top core of the apples and set aside. If desired, you can peel the apples halfway down (I used a vegetable peeler), but this is not necessary.
  3. Place the cored apples in an 8 x 8 baking dish and drizzle honey over the top of the apples. If you’re using freshly picked apples, you probably only need 1 tablespoon of honey.
  4. Then sprinkle cinnamon and ginger over the apples.
  5. Return the tops of the core to the apples and fill the dish with enough water to cover at least the bottom 1/3-1/2 of the apple. For me, this was about 1 ½ cups. Add vanilla and an extra drizzle of honey to the water.
  6. Bake for 45 minutes to an hour. Enjoy!

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5-ingredient Easy Baked Apples

Have a FABULOUS weekend full of apple picking, baked apples and more!
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  1. We’re going apple picking tomorrow and I can’t wait to try out some new apple recipes. These look like the perfect thing for breakfast

  2. I love this! It’s so pretty and so simple. I too love a delicious apple. I may have to add a scoop of PB2 to mine, is that okay :)… lol #obsessed!

  3. We went apple picking last weekend also! Was so much fun and we have been making loads of apple-included dishes since! Love how simple and clean these baked apples are!

  4. All of your apple recipes look delicious. I appreciate how simple these baked ones are. And yes to keeping the peels on!