My mum is an excellent cook. She has pretty much, ‘veganised’ all her family cooking repertoire to adapt to our eating ways. I am pretty impressed of what a fabulous job she has done as some of these dishes are very much meat based. I truly think achieving such a spectacular flavor as she has done has a lot of merit! (thanks mum)
This recipe is not of those those, though, but it is a recipe my mum adores and we made together for dessert while I was visiting them. We used my mum’s favourite apples, the Reineta variety, but can be made using other apple types. Large apples seem to do a better job though. In the UK, Braeburn and Granny Smith are my favorites to use.
Baked apples, are delicious this time time of the year, with apples bought at the Farmers Market or picked from the garden (or in my case, from the neighbors garden). They also pair well with coconut yogurt, banana ice cream, oat cream… you name it!
These are topped with homemade cashew cream and they were super delicious and filling.
You will need:
1 large apple per person
1 tablespoon coconut oil per apple, melted
1 1/2 tablespoon coconut sugar per apple
1/4 tsp cinnamon per apple
1/8 tsp vanilla powder per apple
Heat the oven to 160/180 degrees. In a bowl mix the melted coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla & coconut sugar. Remove the core of each apple without taken the bottom off so you create like a little container inside the apple. Place the apples into an oven safe tray and fill the holes with the coconut oil and spices mixture. We also like to put a cinnamon stick inside the apples, looks fabulous! Bake for around 15minutes until the sugar start to caramelize. To serve, you can add some coconut yogurt, cashew cream or similar over the top. Best eaten while warm but they are also pretty amazing cold 🙂