These Sliced Baked Apples are soft and tender, perfectly spiced and taste like caramel! They’re great for dessert, a snack or breakfast!
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!
Why you’ll love these Sliced Baked Apples:
- they’re soft and juicy
- they’re perfectly sweet
- they are covered in a velvety sauce that tastes like toffee or butterscotch
- they’re fragrant and perfectly spiced
- they taste like Apple Pie
- they’re super easy to make
- they’re refined sugar free
- they’re vegan and gluten-free
- they’re great for dessert or breakfast
- they’re delicious hot or cold
- they’re oil-free
- they’re perfect for entertaining and sharing!
How to make these Sliced Baked Apples
Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe including measurements and instructions.
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 1/2 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.
How to serve these Sliced Baked Apples
You can enjoy these Sliced Baked Apples hot or cold. They are delicious for dessert with custard, ice cream or plant-based yogurt but 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 Sliced Baked Apples keep for?
These Sliced Baked Apples keep covered in the fridge for a few days.
Substitutions you can make to this recipe:
- 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 these Sliced Baked Apples:
- 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
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Sliced Baked Apples (Vegan + GF)
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons cold water (make sure it's cold not hot water as otherwise the cornflour won't dissolve properly)
- 1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch) (or sub tapioca starch)
- 5 apples , cored, peeled finely sliced (1 kg or 35 oz in total)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Mix together the coconut sugar, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, coold water and cornflour in a baking dish (I used one measuring 26 cm (10 inch) by 18 cm (7 inch) and 7 cm (2 1/2 inch) tall) – make sure the cornflour has dissolved completly
- 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
- Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days
Notes
Tips for making these Sliced Baked Apples:
- 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.
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Arlene Johnson
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Rhian Williams
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