Sliced Baked Apples (Vegan + GF)

These Sliced Baked Apples are soft and tender, fragrantly spiced and covered in a velvety caramel sauce that tastes like toffee or butterscotch! They're delicious hot or cold and are great for dessert, a snack or breakfast. They're super easy to make and are vegan, gluten-free, refined sugar free and oil-free too. An easy alternative to Apple Pie and perfect for entertaining!

Although whole baked apples are great, I also love Sliced Baked Apples because slicing them up allows for a more even distribution of flavour. Slicing them means they can be enjoyed for breakfast with granola and plant-based yogurt, oatmeal or with overnight oats and they also work as an excellent topping for pancakes, crepes or waffles!

How to make this recipe

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

• Mix together the coconut sugar, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, cold water and cornflour (cornstarch) in a baking dish (I used one measuring 26 cm (10 inch) by 18 cm (7 inch) and 7 cm (2 ½ inch) tall).

Tip: Make sure the cornflour (cornstarch) has dissolved completely and make sure you use cold not hot water otherwise the cornflour will clump up.

• Add the sliced apples and mix well.

• Seal the top completely with baking paper or tin foil and bake for 50 minutes, mixing halfway through.
• Remove the baking paper or tin foil and bake for a further 10 minutes, until apples are soft enough to gently pierce with a fork.

Serving suggestions

• You can enjoy these hot or cold.
• They are delicious for dessert with custard, ice cream or plant-based yogurt.
• But they can also be enjoyed for breakfast with granola and plant-based yogurt, oatmeal or with overnight oats.
• They also work as an excellent topping for pancakes, crepes or waffles!

How long do these keep for?

They keep covered in the fridge for a few days.

Substitutions you can make

• You can add dried fruits such as raisins, chopped dates or dried cranberries.
• You can add other spices such as nutmeg, ginger, cardamom or cloves.
• For a lower sugar version, you can use less coconut sugar or omit the coconut sugar and add chopped dates instead.
• You can replace the cornflour (cornstarch) with tapioca flour.

Tips for making this

• Make sure the cornflour (cornstarch) in the sauce has dissolved completely and make sure you use cold not hot water otherwise the cornflour will clump up.
• Baking time will vary depending on which type of apples you use - cooking apples generally cook quicker than eating apples.
• Baking time will vary depending on how thick or thin you cut the apples.
• You will need to adjust the amount of sweetener (coconut sugar) depending on how naturally sweet your apples are - tart cooking apples will require more sweetener and sweet eating apples will require less.

More vegan desserts

• Chocolate Pudding Pots
• Strawberry Trifle
• Bread Pudding
• Peanut Butter Pie
• Key Lime Pie
• Rice Pudding
• Blueberry Cheesecake
• Peach Cobbler
• Blueberry Crumble Bars

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