Stuffed Baked Apples

By Dianne Godfrey.
 Date: Jun. 21st, 2018 - 1:00 PM
Ingredients
  • 8 medium to large apples
  • 1 cup 81 g rolled oats
  • 1 cup 117 g chopped walnuts
  • ½ cup 76 g dried unsweetened cranberries or raisins
  • 2 tsp 5 g ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp finely ground sea salt
  • 2 tbsp 29 g chilled vegan butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup 240 ml + 3 tbsp (45 ml) water, divided
TOPPING
  • Vegan vanilla ice-cream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C) degrees
  2. Wash and carefully core the apples with a paring knife. Scrape the bottom of the core out with a spoon, making sure that you don’t put a hole in the bottom of the apple.
FOR THE FILLING
  1. In a large mixing bowl combine the oats, walnuts, cranberries or raisings, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, vegan butter, and 3 tbsp (45 ml) of water. Use your hands to mix it together, pressing the butter into the oats until it becomes sticky.
  2. Put the apples in a deep baking dish and pour one cup of water in the pan. Liberally spoon the filling into the apples to the top and cover the pan with foil.
  3. Bake for approximately one hour, or until fork tender. Serve warm and top with vanilla ice-cream if desired.

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