Need new ways of bribing all the family to eat an apple a day? This funky festive twist on the traditional baked apple makes a scrumptious addition to your Christmas Day menu.
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
4small apples1 per person
150gChristmassy mincemeat1-2 tbsp per apple
2tbspcoconut oil or butter
1-2tbspnatural Greek yoghurt or coconut yoghurtper person
Instructions
Preheat oven to 150c
Sit each apple on a chopping board and push the apple corer into the centre of each one, removing core.
Score around the circumference of each apple with a small sharp. Place in a shallow baking dish side by side. Using your fingers push 1-2 spoonful’s Christmassy mincemeat into the core of each apple, using up all the mixture between them.
Lightly coat apples with coconut oil or butter
Bake in oven for 25 - 40 minutes, until apples are tender and busting every so slightly out of their skins. (this will depend on the size and type of apple)
Remove from oven, serve individually with a good dollop of yoghurt.
Maggie's Tips
Replace apples with pears and follow above instructions.