Easy Air Fryer Baked Apples
Craving a delicious, quick and healthy dessert? These Vegan Air Fryer Baked Apples are the perfect dessert, packed with natural sweetness, spices, and crunchy toppings.
Since they’re made in the air fryer, you can enjoy this comforting fall dessert in less of the time it takes in the oven. Making them more convenient.
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Whether you’re following a vegan diet or just looking for a healthy whole food plant-based dessert, these baked apples will hit the spot. Plus, they’re naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and packed with nutrients!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe:
- Quick & Easy: Ready in under 20 minutes!
- Minimal Ingredients: Only pantry staples are needed.
- Healthy: Made with whole, plant-based ingredients.
- Air Fryer Convenience: No need to preheat your oven or wait for long baking times.
Ingredients
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Apples: honeycrisp, gala, and more would taste great in this recipe. This recipe does better with sweet red apples, more so than sour green ones.
Oats: Old fashioned oats work best, but quick oats would also work.
Flour: To keep this with as many nutrients as possible use an oat or whole grain flour. Of course, all purpose flour would also work.
Maple Syrup: Other than the apple, the only other sweetness comes from maple syrup. This syrup also helps the rest of the ingredients come together.
Cinnamon/Nutmeg: Warm Fall spices are perfect with this apple recipe. Make sure you use good cinnamon (Ceylon), then choose from other Fall spices like nutmeg, cloves, ginger, etc.
How to Make
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Step one: Cut the apples in half and use a metal spoon to scoop out seeds and a small amount of the insides.
Step two: Preheat your air fryer to 350℉.
Step three: Stir together the oats, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg and place inside of each apple, this should be enough to fill all apple halves and have them slightly overfilled.
Step four: Place the filled apples in your air fryer that’s preheated to 350℉ and air fry for about 18 minutes.
Step five: Allow to cool slightly, add non-dairy vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
How to Serve
Serve while warm and topped with vegan ice cream or whipped coconut cream!
Storing for Later
Fridge: Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
FAQ’s About Air Fryer Baked Apples
Store leftovers in an airtight container for 3-4 days in the fridge, without any whipped cream or ice cream.
Reheat in the microwave or air fryer until warm all the way through.
These baked apples pair perfectly with coconut whipped cream and non-dairy vanilla ice cream. They also taste amazing with cold milk or coffee.
For air fryer baked apples, choose firm apples like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Fuji. These varieties hold their shape well during cooking and offer a nice balance of sweetness and tartness.
You can certainly make the filling ahead of time, and you can save leftovers, but they taste best fresh from the air fryer.
Make it Kid Friendly!
This recipe is kid friendly and picky eater approved! You can customize it slightly per your child’s preference; choose the fall spices they like and add more or less, choose to cut the apples in half and fill the center or keep the apples whole and dig out the core to fill the apples standing up. You can also help the apples soften up by brushing some plant-based butter on the inside of the apples before filling them.
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Ingredients
- 4 Apples large
- ½ cup Old fashioned oats
- 3 tablespoons Flour
- 3 tablespoons Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
Instructions
- Cut the apples in half and use a metal spoon to scoop out seeds and a small amount of the insides.
- Preheat your air fryer to 350℉.
- Stir together the oats, maple syrup, cinnamon, and nutmeg and place inside of each apple, this should be enough to fill all apple halves and have them slightly overfilled.
- Place the filled apples in your air fryer that’s preheated to 350℉ and air fry for about 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool slightly, add non-dairy vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
