Oven baked apples are a delicious and healthy treat to satisfy your sweet cravings. Â Sweetened with honey, perfumed with lavender
Besides the Granny Smith variety, you can use pretty much any kind of apples for this dessert. I buy mine at Costco. Â They are selling right now these huge trays of organic Honey Crisp and Gala apples. Â Since fruit consumption is unpredictable at our house, I sometimes end up with too many apples and they loose their pristine look. Â Instead of throwing them away, you can give them a second life with this recipe!
OVEN BAKED APPLES
HONEY – LAVENDER – CINNAMON
KID-FRIENDLY
SIMPLE & EASY
Oven bakes apples are an old classic for sure, but you can make them special by adding a few choice ingredients. Â I like to drop a generous dollop of coconut oil
Be careful with the lavender though, a little bit goes a long way, especially if you lavender is really fresh! Â Lavender is very fragrant and you only need a little pinch to impart a lot of flavor.
- 5 apples, skin on, halved and core removed (preferably red apples)
- 5 TBSP coconut oil
- 5 TSP honey
- Lavender
- Cinnamon
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Place the apples, face up, in an oven safe baking dish (I use a broiler pan
).
- For each 1/2 apple, add 1/2 TBSP coconut oil, 1/2 TSP honey, a sprinkle of cinnamon, a pinch of lavender.
- Bake in the oven for 35 minutes, or until the apples are tender.
- Baste occasionally the apples with baking juices.
- Bon appétit!
This oven baked apples recipe has been shared on the following carnivals and link parties: Fat Tuesday – Real Food Wednesday – Allergy Free Wednesday – Phoenix Helix AIP Recipe Roundtable – Natural Family Friday – Awesome Life Friday.
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This recipe sounds like the ultimate comfort food dish! Love the addition of the lavender!
xx
Andrea
Mmm, these look amazing! Easy, delicious, and flavorful- it’s everything I could want in an AIP dessert. <3
Thank you Lina for stopping by 🙂
This is great, always looking for something “different” as a sweet treat. This is perfect to warm the house and the tummy and a great way to use some lavender buds I bought. Thanks for sharing.
You just don’t know how excited I was when I realized I actually have everything I need to make this! Thanks so much for linking up to Awesome Life Friday – we’re looking forward to seeing what you have to share this week!
Thanks Linda 🙂 I also get excited when I find a great recipe and I realize I have all the ingredients in the kitchen! Simple pleasures 🙂
Can you use lavender Essitanial oil instead of lavender ?
Hello Amada!
You certainly can! What a great idea 🙂 Just a few drops mixed with the coconut oil will do. Good luck!
Is it advisable to leave out the lavender ? I don’t have any? Will it mess up the recipe?
Hello CC!
I think the taste will be just fine without the lavender 🙂 Good luck!
These are so good and so easy to make. I don’t have lavender so I’ve been making the apples without it.
Hello Yvonne,
Thank you for your positive feedback! These oven baked apples are indeed so easy to make and so delicious!
Hey Sophie,
Thank you for this awesome recipe. I tried it this morning and it was amazing. I didn’t have lavender or honey, but I used a high quality maple syrup and this recipe was so delicious I am saving it on my favorite recipes folder 🙂 Thanks again!