How to bake apples in a slow cooker: four simple recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Everyone who watches their weight or is forced to diet for he alth reasons, faced a ban on sweets. But even this rule has its exceptions. These are baked apples. Such a dessert is suitable for all existing diets (even for children under 1 year old and suffering from gastrointestinal diseases). At the same time, a baked apple is even he althier than a fresh one. It contains pectins - substances that cleanse the body of harmful toxins and toxins. Naturally, many recipes for such a he althy and tasty dessert have appeared, and most importantly, you can bake apples in a slow cooker.

The most traditional way of cooking is apples baked with or without sugar. This will require 4-6 medium apples, some sugar and water. Wash the fruits well and wipe dry. Remove the core, put a little sugar inside and pour water. Put everything in a saucepan and bake apples in a slow cooker for 30-40 minutes ("Baking" mode). In order not to add sugar, it is better to use sweet varieties with dense skins for cooking. Beforeserving, you can sprinkle apples with a little powdered sugar.

Of course, there are other equally popular recipes for baked apples. Often they are filled with various fillings to give them extra sweetness or just to diversify your menu. One of the most common fillings is cottage cheese with dried fruits. For 4 apples, you need 100 g of soft cottage cheese and the same amount of dried fruits. Rinse the latter well, pour boiling water over and let it brew for 10-15 minutes. Then drain the water and grind everything with a blender. Mix the resulting mass with cottage cheese and stuff the prepared apples. Cook as much as according to the classic recipe. Apples baked in the Panasonic slow cooker according to this recipe are very sweet and without added sugar.

Another popular stuffing for apples are various berries, such as lingonberries. For this dessert, cut the apples in half, remove the core, so that you get "cups". Put lingonberries in this recess (about 1 teaspoon will be needed for 1 apple). Bake apples in a slow cooker using the "Baking" or "Multipovar" mode at 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Drizzle with honey to taste before serving.

For those who do not follow any diets and just want to treat themselves to something sweet, you can cook baked apples with nuts and vanilla sauce. Nuts, preferably walnuts, chop and mix with a little sugar and cinnamon. Put a tablespoon in each fruit and bake apples in a slow cooker untilreadiness (usually 30-35 minutes). Meanwhile, prepare the sauce. For him, mix 500 ml of milk with 100 g of sugar and vanilla, heat and add 4 tbsp. tablespoons of starch, diluted in a small amount of milk. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Allow apples to cool slightly and serve with vanilla sauce. If desired, they can be decorated with nuts or ground cinnamon.

Baked apples in the Redmond slow cooker or in any other cooker are no different in taste from those cooked in the oven or microwave. At the same time, all vitamins and microelements are preserved in them. This delicious and he althy dessert is perfect even for a festive menu. And, of course, this way you can pamper yourself every day without the risk of gaining extra pounds.