Healthy baked apple slices are just the thing to welcome autumn. Great dessert any time of the year, but especially in the fall when apples are in abundance and in season. This is a nutritious, yet so simple dessert everyone will love.
Next time try this easy apple strudel.
These are so good fresh out of the oven. Warm, buttery apple slices with cinnamon, honey and nuts. Sink your teeth into each sweet or tangy bite or add a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a fun treat. And if you can believe it, they are just as good the next day as the apples soak in the honey deliciousness. Unbelievably amazing in your morning yogurt or oatmeal.
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❤️ Why You'll Love This Recipe
- It's an easy delicious dessert and a great way to use leftover apples- only 5 simple ingredients!
- It tastes like apple pie filling or apple crisp but without the added calories of the crust or crumble.
- It's a simple and quick snack or dessert that is ready in 30 minutes.
- These cinnamon apple slices are a healthy twist to the traditional baked apples and full of fall flavors.
In less than 30 minutes, a quarter of the time it would take for a homemade apple pie, this baked apple recipe will have you eating a what can only be described as similar to an apple pie, yet better! This fall apple recipe will satisfy your apple pie craving.
📝 Ingredients
📋 Ingredient Notes / Variations
- Fresh apples, I like using a mix of tart and sweet apples.
- Honey for a natural sweetener, you can also use maple syrup with a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Unsalted butter.
- Cinnamon, you try a mix of warm spices like cloves and nutmeg.
- Mixed nuts of choice.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The full instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Take 5-6 large apples and core and slice them.
- In a large bowl or an oven safe baking dish combine melted butter, honey, cinnamon and nuts.
- Mix everything well to distribute honey evenly.
- Add sliced apples to the pan and mix everything well to coat apple slices. Spread the mixture into a single layer and bake in the center of your oven for 20-25 minutes until fork tender.
🥣 Equipment
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💡 Tips
- For apples you can use Granny Smith apples, Gala, Fuji, Golden delicious, Pink lady, Honey Crisp or a combination. Look for apples that hold their texture when cooked.
- I like using a mix of apples so it will not be too tart or too sweet.
- You can peel the apples if you would like to.
- Butter gives this recipe a tasty flavor more like apple pie. But you can also use olive oil, vegan butter or coconut for a vegan dish.
- For a thicker sauce add a tablespoon of cornstarch or flour.
🧺 Storage
Refrigerate - Leftovers can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Reheat - place leftover in an oven safe dish and reheat in a 300F oven until thoroughly heated.
👩🍳 Variations
- If you do not have honey you can try coconut sugar or light brown sugar although I like using dark brown sugar. But this will make your dish less healthy.
- In my opinion the best apples to use are a combination of honey crisp apples, red delicious with some tart apples like granny smith. But you can experiment with whatever apples you like.
- Mix with some peanut butter if you do not have nuts available, so delicious.
🍽️ Serve With
- This is a great side dish during the holidays and goes perfect with your roasted turkey.
- Serve baked apple slices as is or with a scoop of Condensed Milk Ice Cream, plain Greek yogurt, pudding, or mix with your morning oatmeal.
💬 Recipe FAQs
If you prefer not to use honey as a sweetener or don't have it on hand, you can also use maple syrup or even brown sugar. However, please keep in mind that switching out ingredients may not produce the same taste and texture. Also, maple syrup although a fabulous ingredient, is a little thinner than honey. You may want to add a tablespoon of cornstarch or flour to help thicken the sauce.
Although apples are healthy and delicious no matter how you're eating them, by taking off the peel, you are losing beneficial fiber, potassium and vitamin A. Also, what a time saver it is to make this dish with the peel on. Just wash, core and slice!
📣 Related Recipes
Make use of these delicious and sweet fall fruit while they are in full swing. Apples make fancy or simple desserts and are also great for salads!
- These apple pie bars are a beautiful way to eat apples. Made with shortbread crust, apple filling, streusel topping and do not forget a drizzle of caramel.
- It doesn't get any easier than that!. Make these pretty apple roses that are perfect for any occasion.
- How about pumpkin? Everyone will rave about this easy pecan pumpkin cake with its special buttery sauce.
- Apple cinnamon crumb cake is one of the easiest and tastiest cakes you can make using in season apples.
Healthy Baked Apple Slices
Ingredients
- 5-6 Large apples cored and sliced
- 4 Tablespoons butter melted
- ⅓ - ½ cup honey
- ½ cup mixed nuts
- 1 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In an oven safe baking dish combine melted butter, honey, cinnamon and nuts.
- Mix everything well to distribute honey evenly.
- Add sliced apples to the pan and mix everything well to coat apple slices.
- Bake in the center of your oven for 20-25 minutes until fork tender.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- For apples you can use Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji, Honey Crisp or a combination.
- I like using a mix of apples so it will not be too tart or too sweet.
- You can peel the apples if you would like to.
- Butter gives this recipe a tasty flavor more like apple pie. But you can also use olive oil, vegan butter or coconut oil for a vegan dish.
- For a thicker sauce add a tablespoon of cornstarch or flour.
- Leftovers can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container for up to to 3 days. Reheat in oven.
- As is or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, greek yogurt, pudding or mix with your morning oatmeal.
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Colleen Connor
Happy fall baking Amira! This recipe is much easier and healthier than apple pie but equally delicious! It's a good way to use the apples from our trees that we are now busy picking. I've added some apple pie spices (cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and a sprinkle of cloves) because we love spices in this house!