This Pumpkin Raisin Oatmeal Baked Apple is perfect fall recipe! It is not only healthy but delicious!
This recipe was created by Navika Gangrade of Cooking the Light Way. Navika is a very unique 17 year old high school blogger trying to find a voice for healthy eating in a swarm of unhealthy school cafeteria lunches and processed snacks. Through her blog, Cooking the Light Way, she hopes to spread the word that healthy eating can still be delicious eating! Find Navika on Pinterest too.
Yield: 1 serving | Serving Size: 1 apple | Calories:233 | Total Fat:1.4 g | Saturated Fat: 0 g | Trans Fat: 0 g | Cholesterol: 0 mg | Sodium: 10 mg | Carbohydrates: 54.1 g | Dietary Fiber: 6.7 g | Sugars: 32.4 g | Protein: 3.3 g | SmartPoints: 11 |
Ingredients
- 1 apple
- 1/4 cup rolled oats, option Gluten Free Oats
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon pumpkin butter, divided (homemade or store-bought)
- 1 tablespoon fat-free milk (or almond milk)
- 1 teaspoon raisins
- 1 teaspoon agave nectar, divided
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of ground nutmeg
- Pinch of ground cloves
- 2 tablespoon hot water
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Core the apple, hollowing out until the edges are 3/4 inch thick
- Combine the 1/4 cup oats, 1 tablespoon of pumpkin butter, 1 tablespoon fat-free milk, 1 teaspoon raisins, 1/2 teaspoon agave nectar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a small bowl
- Stuff this mixture into the apple
- In a small oven-safe dish, stir together the hot water, 1 teaspoon pumpkin butter, and 1/2 teaspoon agave
- Place apple into the mixture in the dish
- Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes
- Ten minutes before finishing, spoon the syrup under the apple back on top of the apple for a nice glaze
