This easy to make apple recipe cooks up tender sweet apples that taste like cinnamon apple pie. Enjoy this healthy sweet treat as a snack or use as a topping with pancakes, waffles, hot cereal, or dairy products like yogurt. Additionally, these tender apples are delicious used in parfait desserts and baked pastries like scones and muffins.
Cinnamon, Spice and Everything Nice ….
Use Sauteed Cinnamon Apples to create light and healthy dessert ideas. Enjoy them served over ice cream, yogurt or layered in pudding parfaits. For a construct a delicious fall dessert, serve cinnamon spiced apples with vanilla pudding. If you wish to create a dairy-free dessert check out this recipe for vanilla pudding made from plant based milk. Finish this easy healthy dessert with a sprinkle of Edible Sand . This crunchy cookie garnish is made from oat flour and is gluten-free.
An Apple a Day at Breakfast
Use sauteed cinnamon apples to bring new flare to your breakfast recipes, while adding fruit. While they make a delicious accompaniment to pancakes and waffles, they are equally as good with hot cereals. Consider adding sauteed apples to both cream of wheat and hot oatmeal or add them to your favorite overnight oats recipe.
One of our favorite fall breakfast is to serve warm cinnamon apples with fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes.
In order to help keep holiday breakfasts and brunch gatherings simple, I love serving overnight french toast recipes. For an elegant holiday breakfast, try this Apple Cinnamon Strata. This lightly sweetened baked French toast is layered with sauteed cinnamon apples and served with a rich creamy Apple Cider Caramel Sauce.
The Apples
Don’t be afraid to try different combinations of apples. Mix it up and try new combinations. My preference is to pair tart apples like Pink Lady, Pacific Rose or Honey Crisp with a few sweeter apples like Envy, Ambrosia or Galas. The key is to mix a sweet apple in with the tart. I usually stick to 3 tart apples and 2 sweet ones. For information on how to pick out apples, check out this blog from Cuts and Crumbles.
Simple tips for cutting apples
After peeling the apples, I have found using an apple coring tool helps to simplify the task of producing uniformly sliced pieces. Not only does this tool eliminate the need to core the apples with a knife, but it creates uniform wedges. This enables me to slice the wedges into consistent pieces therefore allowing the apples to cook evenly. I have found this tool to be a real time saver:
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The Spices
If you have both Apple Pie Spice and Cinnamon, use as outlined in recipe. If only cinnamon is on hand, it isn’t necessary to purchase the apple pie spice. Simply replace the Apple Pie Spice with an extra teaspoon of cinnamon.
Weight Watchers and Waist Watchers……………
A 1/2 cup serving of Sauteed Apples is 1 WW Smart Point or 72 calories.
Buon Appetito!
PrintEasy Sauteed Cinnamon Apples
Sweet tender cinnamon apples make a warm and delicious dessert, snack, or topping. Use them to add flavor and texture to yogurt, ice cream and puddings. They also make a wonderful accompaniment to breakfast pancakes, waffles, French toast and hot cereals.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: About 3 1/2 Cups 1x
- Category: Dessert/Breakfast
- Method: Stove top
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
For Apples:
- 6 Cups (About 5 Apples, peeled, cut into quarters and sliced)
- 2 teaspoon Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Apple Pie Spice*
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
Instructions
Heat a large skillet over medium low heat. Heat the olive oil in the pan until it begins to shimmer. Then add the apples, sprinkle with the salt and toss quickly. Cover and let the apples cook for about 2-3 minutes. Remove the cover and add the brown sugar and spices. Mix throughly and replace the cover.
Continue to cook the apples for another 5-8 minutes. Until they reach a nice golden color, and begin to soften, yet still hold their shape. If you prefer a softer, creamier apple more like an apple sauce, reduce the heat to simmer and continue to cook until they reach your desired consistency. It may be necessary to add a tablespoon or two of water, to keep them from burning.
Remove from heat and serve. Enjoy them as they are for dessert. Equally, they are delicious served over oatmeal, cream of wheat, and ice cream. However, one of my favorite uses for these apples are to serve them with pancakes or layered in my Cinnamon Apple Strata.
WWSP: 1/2 Cup Serving is 1 point
Notes
*About the spices: If you have Apple Pie Spice and Cinnamon, use 1 teaspoon of Apple Pie Spice with a 1/2 teaspoon of Cinnamon. If you only have cinnamon, the apple pie spice can be replaced with an additional teaspoon of cinnamon..
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 Cup
A perfect recipe for fall!! Especially for those of us craving apple pie but wanting to not look like Mrs. Claus by Christmas 🙂 Thanks for including my seasonal guide!!