Baked Spiced Apples

Cooked apples with spices are warming, moist, easy to digest, and great for breakfast, especially in the fall and winter. I especially love to bake my chopped apples because I can toss it all together, put it in the oven and forget about it for 30-45 minutes while I’m showering and getting ready for the day, rather than standing over a pot on the stove to make sure it doesn’t burn.

Ingredients & Supplies

• 1-3 apples, depending on how many you’re trying to feed (my favorite are honeycrisp)

• Spice blend (I eat this frequently enough that I make a spice jar of this blend to have on hand using the following ratio)

  • 2 parts cinnamon powder

  • 2 parts ginger powder

  • 1 part cardamom powder

• Ghee

• Water

• Oven-safe baking dish with a lid or foil to cover

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 375° F

• Core and chop apples (sometimes I peel them first and sometimes I don’t) and put in baking dish

• Add 1-2 teaspoons of ghee

• Sprinkle on 0.5 to 1 tsp’ish of the spice blend, depending on how many apples and how spiced you want them

• Add ~1 tablespoon of water

• Stir well to evenly coat the chopped apple

• Cover the dish with the lid or foil

• Bake in oven for 30-45 minutes until the apples are soft, but still retaining their shape. It takes longer with more apples.

Tips:

• Feel free to play with ingredients:

  • Try adding some pear

  • If you tend towards constipation, add a small handful of raisins with an extra tablespoon of water

  • For added nervous system support, try freshly grated nutmeg. Nutmeg also has a binding quality, so can help bind stools when they are loose.

• One of my favorite places to get spices is Burlap & Barrel. I used their Royal Cinnamon, Buffalo Ginger, and Cloud Forest Cardamom in the batch pictured here.

• You can use store-bought ghee or make your own. See my ghee recipe for more info.