Baked apples
A quick and easy pudding that helps you towards 5 A DAY
- 35 minutes
- Serves 4
- 2 of 5 a day
Have you ever heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well, apples are packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre that keep you healthy. With our baked apples recipe, you’ll turn them into a warm treat.
This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.
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Ingredients
- 4 cooking apples, core taken out while keeping the apple whole
- 90g dried fruit (raisins and sultanas are good options)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160°C /Fan 140°C.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper and put the apples on the tray, holes facing up.
- Fill the holes of the apples with the dried fruit.
- Then prick the sides of the apples four times with a fork.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. Don’t worry that the apple might ooze out of the holes.
- Serve each apple with a teaspoonful of low-fat natural yoghurt.
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