Description
Easy Cinnamon Baked Apples is a simple, delicious dessert featuring tender apples baked with warm spices and a naturally sweet caramel-like sauce. Perfect for a cozy treat served with coconut whipped cream or vanilla bean coconut ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
Apples
- 6-7 medium to large apples (2 tart like granny smith, 4 sweet like honeycrisp)
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil (optional)
- 2/3 cup coconut sugar (or organic cane sugar; can substitute up to half with stevia to taste)
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp fresh grated ginger (or 1/2 tsp ground ginger)
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot starch
- 3 Tbsp fresh apple juice or water
- 1 pinch sea salt
For Serving (optional)
- Coconut Whipped Cream
- Vanilla Bean Coconut Ice Cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (176 C) and prepare a 9×13-inch (or similar size) baking dish.
- Prepare the apples: Peel and core the apples, then quarter them. Use a paring knife to thinly slice the quarters lengthwise; the slices should be thin and consistent to ensure even cooking.
- Mix ingredients: Place the sliced apples in the baking dish and add lemon juice, coconut oil (if using), coconut sugar, cinnamon, fresh grated ginger, nutmeg, cornstarch, apple juice (or water), and a pinch of sea salt. Toss everything together to coat the apples well.
- Cover and bake: Loosely cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
- Finish baking uncovered: Carefully remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes until the apples are fork-tender and slightly caramelized.
- Serve: Enjoy the baked apples on their own or serve with coconut whipped cream or vanilla bean coconut ice cream. Leftovers can be refrigerated for 3-4 days or frozen up to 1 month; reheat covered at 350 degrees F (176 C) or in the microwave, adding water if the sauce is too thick.
Notes
- You can substitute 1/2 tsp ground ginger for 3/4 tsp fresh grated ginger.
- For convenience, store-bought vegan ice cream like So Delicious Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream works great.
- Nutrition info is estimated excluding coconut oil, apple juice, and toppings, and assuming the lower number of apples used.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 25 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
