healthy crockpot candied apples

Name: Healthy Crockpot Candied Apples
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 - cooking apples, peeled and cut into chunks (i like to use multiple apple varieties.); 3 tablespoon(s) red hots; 1 tablespoon(s) light buttery spread (like brummel & brown), room temperature; 2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 tablespoon(s) water

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Ruth Ann Vokac

Bloomington, IL

Updated on Jan 3, 2016

This is a Hungry Girl Recipe that I have been cooking a few years. It makes a delicious hot apple dish that uses only a little fat and sugar. This dish is great served with roast pork or chicken. It also makes a yummy dessert—maybe sprinkle a little granola over an individual serving.

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Red hots give these apple chunks such a great flavor with a minimal amount of sugar.

prep time 15 Min

cook time 7 Hr

method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

8 - cooking apples, peeled and cut into chunks (i like to use multiple apple varieties.)
3 tablespoons red hots
1 tablespoon light buttery spread (like brummel & brown), room temperature
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons water

How To Make healthy crockpot candied apples

Step 1

Place apples and red hots in a medium-sized crock pot.

Step 2

In a small bowl, combine all the other ingredients and mix well. Pour mixture over the contents of the crock pot.
Step 3

Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 7-8 hours until the apples have softened. (Check the apples after half the time; the full time gives an applesauce consistency, but I prefer to have chunks of soft apples.)
Step 4

Serve warm or cold.
Step 5

Note: I have used the stovetop to cook this recipe. In a sauce pan, add water and red hots. Cook on low until the red hots are melted into the water, a few minutes. Mix all the remaining ingredients except apples. Add to the pan, stir, and then add the apples. Stir and cover. Cook until the apples are nicely tender, stirring occasionally, about 7 minutes.
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