Peanut butter apple nachos
Crisp apple slices fanned on a plate and drizzled with warm peanut butter, chocolate chips and cinnamon, a snack that tastes like dessert and is mostly fruit.
- 10 min total
- 10 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 2
- About $1.28 a serving
- 290 calories
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: It’s ready in 10 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 2 servings.
- 2 apples, crisp, like honeycrisp or gala
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp chocolate chips
- 1 tbsp sweetened shredded coconut (optional)
From your pantry
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
Each serving has about 290 calories, 7 g protein, 38 g carbs and 16 g fat, and costs about $1.28 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No lemons? Limes work.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the apples and cut them into , about ¼ inch thick.
Core. Coring means cutting out the hard center of things like apples, peppers or cabbage. That center is tough and woody, so it’s the part you throw away.
How you’ll know: What’s left is all tender flesh, with no hard, pale center.
Thinly slice. Thinly slicing means cutting slices about an eighth of an inch thick, roughly two coins stacked. Thin slices cook in seconds and soften fast, which quick dishes need.
How you’ll know: A slice bends a little when you hold it by one edge, and slow, steady cuts beat fast ones.
Dolly’s tip: Cut each apple into quarters first, then cut the core off each quarter at an angle.the slices with the lemon juice in a bowl so they stay pale.
Toss. Tossing means gently lifting and turning food so everything gets coated, like pasta in sauce or vegetables in oil. It coats every piece evenly without mashing anything.
How you’ll know: Every piece looks glossy or evenly coated, with no dry spots hiding underneath.
Fan the slices out on a plate, overlapping, like a plate of chips.
Microwave the peanut butter in a small bowl for 20 to 30 seconds and until it’s runny.
Stir. Stirring means moving food around with a spoon or spatula so it cooks evenly and doesn’t stick. Unless the recipe says constantly, every so often is plenty, and it gives food time to brown.
How you’ll know: When you drag the spoon across the bottom, nothing is sticking or scorching.
Timer: 30 sec
the peanut butter over the apples from a spoon, waving it back and forth.
Drizzle. Drizzling means pouring a thin, slow stream over the top of something. A thin stream spreads a little flavor a long way.
How you’ll know: You see thin lines across the food, not a puddle collecting underneath.
Scatter the chocolate chips and coconut on top, dust with cinnamon, and eat right away.
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