Nanna D’s Old-Fashioned Maple Baked Apples

This classic dessert is a favourite with the kids and provides over 400 phytonutrients per seve! A total winner in our home.

Total Time Prep: 10 min. Bake: 35 min. Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

• • 4 medium granny smith or honey crisp apples
  • 1/2 cup dried organic cranberries, dried tart cherries, or sultanas
  • 1 1/3 cups water
  • 1/2 cup packed organic coconut sugar
  • 2 tablespoon 100% maple syrup
• Optional ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• Optional ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• Optional – 2 teaspoons chopped walnuts or pecans
• Optional – Vanilla nice-cream or coconut cream

Method

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Core apples, leaving bottoms intact; chop off the top third of each.
• Place in a greased 8×4-in. glass loaf pan; fill apple with dried fruit, (and nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg if using).
• In a small saucepan, combine water, coconut sugar and maple syrup; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour in and over apples.
• Bake, uncovered, until apples are tender, 35-40 minutes, basting occasionally with juices. If desired, serve with nice-cream or whipped coconut cream.

Vanilla nice-cream-

• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• Flesh of 2 young coconuts- or use 2 packets of frozen flesh for convenience*
• 1 tsp coconut oil- this will help emulsify and give a creamy finish
• 1-2 tbsp maple syrup- to your taste
• 1 juicy fat plump vanilla pod- scrape out and use the seeds
• Splash of milk alternative – coco quench has no nasty additives. Use as much as you need for a creamy consistency, start with 1/4 cup.

Blend all ingredients in a high power blender until super smooth and creamy, adding a dash of the milk at a time to reach a thick custard consistency. Pour into moulds and set in freezer. P.S. We got our moulds on eBay.