Healthy Apple Betty

Braeburn Apple

This makes a quick and easy breakfast or if you want to make a fancy dessert it can be dressed up for that too!

Take one apple, Fuji, Green, Pink Lady, Braeburn apples are good choices.
2 tablespoons xagave syrup
1teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground clove
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 cup oats (make sure if you are gluten intolerant get gluten free oats)
1/4 cup almond milk
optional: add blueberries, raspberries, or any other berry of your choice.
I also sometimes add 1/2 teaspoon orange zest from a freshly grated orange rind. I also have found a delicious taste by adding 1-2 tablespoons of Torani Classic Carmel or Hazelnut or Raspberry Syrup (sugar-free if you can find it)

Apple with blueberries

Quarter a cored apple place in a microwaveable bowl
Mix rest of the ingredients together and then pour on top of apple

Ingredients poured over fruit

Cover with plastic wrap and cook in microwave for 3-4 minutes or until apple is cooked (confession time here, my microwave is extremely slow and it can take sometimes 5 or more minutes to cook an apple. However, my friend who lives in Chappaqua has a microwave that cooks it in a minute, so you really will have to figure out the cooking time with your own microwave.)






Pour 1-2 tablespoons soy creamer (silk is good) onto cooked apple mixture and enjoy. For those who eat dairy products, I love adding lactose free Kefir instead of the creamer on top of the cooked mixture.




To make a dessert:
double recipe, add 1/4 cup xagave syrup instead of the tablespoons, add 1/2 cup creamer to syrup, spices, oats, and almond milk before putting onto apple and cook in a oven proof shallow dish in the oven at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until apple is cooked. If you leave the dish uncovered in the conventional oven then you get a crisp topping.
I hear a lot of people say they don't like cooked fruit, but they never pass up a piece of pie or cobbler. It is a change of thought process here, this is just a different version of a cobbler/crisp. Think of it as a treat instead of a chore to eat your daily dose of fruit! Also, it isn't necessary to cook the apple until it is mush, cook it just until the oatmeal is cooked and the apple is still firm.
Or cook the oatmeal mixture and then make applesauce with a fresh apple in the blentec and put it on top of the oatmeal. You can just do so many variations of this dish, get creative and try new things!