Foodie Friday: Slow Cooker Baked Apples

Ingredients

• 5 medium Cortland (or Honey Crisp, Macintosh or Mutsu) apples
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup dry old-fashioned rolled oats
• ¼ cup coconut sugar
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• ¼ tsp. sea salt (or Himalayan salt)
• 2 tbsp. organic grass-fed butter, (or extra-virgin organic coconut oil)
• ¾ cup water

Instructions

1. Core apples using an apple corer (or sharp knife).
2. Add water to a 3-quart slow cooker and carefully place apples in slow cooker so that they are standing upright.
3. Combine flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and butter in a small bowl; mix with a fork until crumbly.
4. Fill apples evenly with oat mixture.
5. Cook on low for 2 hours, or until apples are fork tender. Remove apples from slow cooker. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes.

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