I try to stick to eating healthy throughout the weekday, but weekends are always my “cheat” days where I eat all the junk. 🤷 We wanted to make a healthy dessert last Saturday and found this recipe that involved fresh apples and strawberries… YUM. We gave it a try and it was so good!
Picture and recipe credits to: Food Network
The recipe is pretty straightforward and easy to make. After cutting the apples, you coat the exposed half of the apple with lemon and fill the hole with jam. Then you take your topping, round it out and set it over the apples like so:
Here is the full list of ingredients and step by step instructions. Let me know what you guys think!
xo, Jaime
Baked Apple with Crisp Topping and Jam
A healthy dessert made with fresh apples and strawberries and a crisp topping that will satisfy your sweet tooth.
Ingredients
- 2 apples recommended: Fuji or McIntosh
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup strawberry jam jelly or preserves
- 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter cold and diced
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup oats uncooked
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Cut each apple in half along its equator. Using a melon baller, cut out each side of the core, creating a rounded hole
- Rub exposed apple flesh with lemon juice. Place 1 tablespoon of jam into each hole
- For the topping: in a small bowl mix together flour, butter, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt. Press this mixture on the top of each apple, covering jam. Place in a baking dish filled with about a 1/4-inch of water. Bake until top is golden brown and apple is tender, about 35 to 40 minutes
Notes
Picture and recipe credits to: Food Network