Description
These Baked Apples are a cozy, fall dessert (or delicious homey breakfast!) Filled with toasted nuts and dates, dried cherries, cinnamon, and orange zest, they are maple-sweetened with no refined sugar! This baked apples recipe is vegan and gluten-free.
Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 cups nuts: combination of pecans and walnuts
- 1 tsp freshly grated orange zest
- 1/4 cup dried cherries
- 1/4 cup pitted dates (medjool are recommended)
- 2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 2 tsp whole fennel seeds (toasted and lightly ground)
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tablespoons orange juice or water
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 6 medium-sized apples- Honey Crisp, Gala, Johnathan, Braeburn, Pink lady
Instructions
- Toast nuts in a preheated oven at 350 F for 8-10 minutes.
- In the food processor pulse together pecans, walnuts, orange zest, dried cherries, dates, cinnamon, fennel seed, cardamom, nutmeg and ginger. It’ll just take about 6-8 pulses, you want the pieces to be coarsely chopped, keeping the texture.
- Add orange juice and maple syrup and pulse 2 -3 times just to incorporate.
- Core the apples. The easiest way to do this is with an apple corer. Alternatively, you can hollow them out with a knife, just enough to remove the entire core.
- Stuff the apples. Eyeball the mixture, dividing it into 6 clumps. Squish and roll together and push into the cored apples.
- Place stuffed apples in an oiled baking pan (coconut oil is nice here).
- Bake. Place in oven, covered with foil. 350F for 45-70 minutes. The baking time greatly depends on the size and type of apple you use. Bake until apples pierce easily with the tip of a knife.
Notes
Leftovers will keep up to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat in a microwave or 350F oven. Serve with ice cream.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 apple
- Calories: 330
- Sugar: 29.4 g
- Sodium: 4.2 mg
- Fat: 20.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 40.9 g
- Fiber: 8.1 g
- Protein: 3.3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg