Maple cinnamon baked apples
Apple halves baked soft and jammy in maple syrup, cinnamon and coconut oil, a cozy vegan and gluten-free dessert with five minutes of work.
- 45 min total
- 10 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 4
- About $1.30 a serving
- 190 calories
- Good the next day
- Vegan
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
Dolly says: Make the full amount. Whatever’s left keeps for tomorrow.
Ingredients
For 4 servings.
- 4 apples, firm, like Honeycrisp or Gala
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- ¼ cup raisins (optional)
From your pantry
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Each serving has about 190 calories, 1 g protein, 35 g carbs and 7 g fat, and costs about $1.30 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No raisins? Dried cranberries work.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the oven to 375°F.
Preheat. Preheating means turning the oven on before you start, so it’s fully hot when the food goes in. Food that starts in a cold oven cooks unevenly and doesn’t brown the same.
How you’ll know: The oven beeps or its light clicks off, usually 10 to 15 minutes after you turn it on.
the apples from top to bottom and scoop out the cores and seeds with a teaspoon, making a small well in each half.
Halve. Halving means cutting something into two equal pieces. Even halves cook at the same speed, so one doesn’t dry out while the other finishes.
How you’ll know: The two pieces look like mirror images of each other.
Dolly’s tip: A round teaspoon scoops the core out cleanly. Leave a little apple at the bottom so the well holds the syrup.Set the apples cut side up in an 8-inch square baking dish and pour the water into the bottom of the dish.
Microwave the coconut oil in a small bowl for about 20 seconds to it, then stir in the maple syrup, cinnamon and salt.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 20 sec
Spoon the maple mixture into the wells and over the apples, and tuck the raisins into the wells if you like.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes, spooning the pan juices over the apples halfway, until a knife slides in easily.
Timer: 30 min
Serve warm, with the syrupy juices from the dish spooned over the top.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop picks a dessert for treat night, puts what you need on the week’s grocery list, and walks you through each step.
