Baked Apples with Honey Oatmeal
Ingredients
- 4 apples - choose from Golden Delicious, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Rome, Gala, or Jonathan
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Rinse, core, and slightly hollow the apples removing seeds creating a well for the filling while leaving the bottom intact.
- In a medium bowl, mix oatmeal, applesauce, honey, vanilla, and the spices together. If desired, add chopped walnuts and/or dried fruit.
- Fill each hollowed apple with the oatmeal mixture; place apples in a baking dish along with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of water.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until the sides of the apples are soft and easily pierced with a fork. Remove from the oven and drizzle any juice from the apples in the water over each apple.
Notes
Nutrition per serving: Calories - 127 calories; Total Fat - 1 gram; Protein - 2.5 grams; Carbohydrates - 27 grams; Fiber - 4 grams; Sodium - 20 milligrams