Air Fryer Baked Apples are a quick and easy sweet dessert. Soft and warm apples, filled with a brown sugar, oats, raisins, and walnuts mixture, making every bite delicious.
Why you'll love air fryer baked apples
This baked apple recipe is so easy to make with simple ingredients. The baked apples are a healthy dessert, or can be more of a traditional baked apple dessert when topped with scoop of vanilla ice cream, or drizzled with caramel sauce.
If you have extra apples for baking, try our other yummy recipes like Air Fryer Apple Pie, Air Fryer Apple Fritters, or healthy recipes like Air Fryer Apple Chips.
What you'll need to make baked apples in the air fryer
I make these delicious baked apples in my Cosori 5.8 quart air fryer. Four apples fit perfectly in the basket. Cooking times may vary depending on the type of air fryer oven you have.
Ingredients:
- Apples-The best apples are the sweeter apples, so I use Gala or Fuji medium apples, but you can use your favorite type of apple
- Oats-I like to use Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned Oats
- Raisins
- Brown sugar
- Walnuts
- Ground Cinnamon-a sprinkle of nutmeg can be added too
- Butter- unsalted butter
- Optional: Chopped pecans and dried cranberries are great substitutions
How to make baked apple in air fryer
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In a medium bowl, combine the oats, raisins, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon. Stir in the melted butter until the ingredients are combined. Set the bowl aside to prepare the apples.
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Cut the tops of the apple off along with the stem. Then, cut a small part of the bottom of the apple as well. This will help it stand up without shifting or rolling.
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Use an apple corer, melon baller or paring knife to scoop out the apple core and remove all seeds. Spoon the cinnamon oat apple filling into the cored apples until they are filled. Place the filled apples into the air fryer basket.
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Air fry apples at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 10 minutes until the apples reach your desired softness. Let apples cool just enough to remove from basket, and serve warm.
FAQs
When baking apple for a sweet treat, using sweet apples, like Fuji, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, and Gala apples are perfect. Depending on your taste preference, you can really use your favorite crispy apples. The Granny Smith's are tart apples, which is nice for a flavor variety.
These baked apples an indulgent dessert when topped with a small scoop of ice cream, whipped cream, or drizzled with caramel sauce. They are a delicious dessert by themselves too. They are a perfect alternative to apple pie, and only a few points with Weight Watchers.
Keep them covered and wrapped or in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
If you don't want to add the oatmeal filling, core and then slice the apples in half, apple wedges, or into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle with apple pie spice or a sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar, Then air fry until apples are warm and soft.
Notes:
Be careful you do not remove too much of the apple cavity. Make a small hollow center to fill with the oat mixture, about ¾ of inch wide.
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Air Fryer Baked Apples
Equipment
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 4 medium apples
- 2 tablespoons oats
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 2 tablespoons walnuts chopped
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the oats, raisins, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon. Stir in the melted butter until the ingredients are combined. Set the bowl aside to prepare the apples.
- Cut the tops of the apple off along with the stem. Then, cut a small part of the bottom of the apple as well, so it stands up without shifting or rolling.
- Use an apple corer, melon baller or paring knife to scoop out the apple core and remove all seeds. Spoon the mixture into the cored apples until they are filled. Place the filled apples into the air fryer basket.
- Air fry apples at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 to 10 minutes until the apples reach your desired softness. Let apples cool just enough to remove from basket, and serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
*Nutritional information is a calculated guesstimate. Please note that this can change with different brands and modifications you may make to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements you're using with each recipe.
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using Truvia brown sugar blend and chopped dates and a little almond flour to swap for oats I transformed this recipe to a very low sugar by default as I didn't have the exact ingredients. a dollop of thick greek sf plain yogurt. So good and satisfied my craving for BAKED APPLES. Made my Sunday special.
So glad you like it. It's a simple recipe that is interchangeable with toppings. Your toppings sound delicious!