Baked Stuffed Apples with Peanut Butter Granola
A healthy dessert made without added sugar. It is also great with a drizzle of caramel on top.
Yield: 4 baked applesPrep Time:
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Ingredients:
| 4 | baking apples (such as fuji, golden delicious, jonagold, braeburn, mcintosh or rome beauty) |
| 1 cup | granola |
| 2 to 3 | tablespoons peanut butter (creamy or crunchy) |
| 1 cup | hot water |
| caramels sauce, for topping (optional) |
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Prepare apples by using an apple corer, small knife, melon baller, and/or spoon to remove the stem and scoop out the seeds, leaving a 1/2-inch at the bottom of the apple intact and creating a hole that's a little less than 1 inch wide.
Measure the granola into a medium bowl, and use the back of a spoon to work the peanut butter in until it's evenly incorporated. Use more or less peanut butter depending on your preference (I use 3 tablespoons when I make this recipe).
Evenly divide the peanut butter/granola mixture between the apples, stuffing it down into each cored out hole. Place apples in an 8-inch square baking dish and carefully pour hot water into the bottom of the dish. Cover dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes, or until apples are to your desired tenderness and skin looks wrinkly.
Source: fivehearthome.com
