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Hasselback Apples
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Hasselback Apples

Thinly sliced apples layered and topped with buttery cinnamon oat streusel and baked until golden. An easy, healthy, delicious dessert!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 225 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 3 apple such as Pink Lady or Honeycrisp (do not use a soft variety like Cortland or McIntosh-they will not hold their shape, large, firm, crisp-sweet
  • 3 tablespoons butter divided, unsalted
  • 3 ½ tablespoons brown sugar divided
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon divided
  • 3 tablespoons rolled oats old-fashioned
  • 2 teaspoons  white whole wheat flour or all purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • vanilla ice cream or vanilla frozen yogurt for serving, low-fat

Instructions

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  1. Place a rack in the center of your oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat the inside of a 9x13-inch or similar glass or ceramic baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside.
  2. Peel the apples, then cut them in half from top to bottom. With a melon baller or small spoon, remove the core. Turn the apples cut-side down on a cutting board.  Starting at the outermost edges, cut 1/4-inch slices most (but not all) of the way through each apple. Place apple halves, cut sides down, in the prepared baking dish.
  3. Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan or microwave-safe bowl. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Brush the mixture evenly over each apple.
  4. Cover the pan with foil. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the pan from oven, uncover, and let cool 10 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 425 degrees F.
  5. While the apples cool, make the streusel topping: Melt the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in the same bowl or saucepan used previously. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, oats, flour, and salt. Carefully fan open the apple halves and with a fork or spoon. Work the some streusel between the slices and sprinkle some over the top.
  6. Return to the pan to the oven and bake uncovered at 425 degrees F until the apples are tender and the topping is brown, about 10 to 15 additional minutes. Let cool for a few minutes, then serve warm with ice cream.

Notes

  • To make the recipe in advance: Assemble the apples in the baking dish up to the point of baking. Keep in the refrigerator, covered with foil and unbaked, for up to 4 hours. Bake just before serving.
  • Hasselback Apples taste best the day they are made but can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. Reheat gently in the microwave.
  • Make it gluten free: Swap a 1:1 GF all-purpose baking blend, oat flour, or almond meal for the white whole wheat flour; use certified GF rolled oats.
  • Make it vegan: swap a buttery vegan spread for the unsalted butter.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1half apple with 1/3 cup low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt Calories 225kcal (11%) Carbohydrates 32g (11%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 32mg (11%) Sodium 104mg (4%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 27g (54%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 225

% Daily Value*

Serving 1half apple with 1/3 cup low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt
Calories 225kcal 11%
Carbohydrates 32g 11%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 32mg 11%
Sodium 104mg 4%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 27g 54%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.