Description

Spiced Hot Fruit Bake {Gluten Free, Vegan option}

Ingredients

Units Scale

2 cup sliced apples
2 cups pear slices
1 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1 cup pineapple chunks (save the juice)
1/2 stick melted butter or 4 Tablespoons melted vegan butter
1/3 cup coconut palm sugar (unrefined) or brown sugar
1 Tablespoon maple syrup, agave, or honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon (extra for topping)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1/3 cup chopped raw walnuts or pecans
Optional – 2 teaspoons melted coconut oil or butter to coat walnuts
extra cinnamon for nuts or serving

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Instructions

Updated 12/1/2017

Preheat oven to 300 F.
In a large bowl, toss fruit with 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice. Set aside.
In another large bowl, combine melted butter, coconut sugar, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg and pineapple juice.
Add butter mixture to the fruit and gently combine.
Pour fruit evenly into a 9×12 baking dish. (OPTIONAL – Toss the nuts in 2 teaspoons melted coconut oil and pinch of cinnamon in the empty fruit bowl. Sprinkle the nuts on top of the fruit.)
Bake uncovered for 1 hour.
Sprinkle baked fruit with cinnamon before serving, if desired.

Notes

Slow Cooker Option – Follow the directions above, placing the ingredients in a slow cooker instead of a baking dish, and let them cook on LOW for 4 hours.

Meal Prep – Prep this dish the night before and bake the day of.

Option 1: You can mix everything, place in casserole dish, place in fridge, then bake the next morning.
Option 2: The fruit is is more bright and crispy if you mix the fruit in lemon, place in a large dish, cover. Then mix the melted butter, sugar, spices in another bowl. Place that in fridge too. In the morning, reheat the butter/sugar mix and pour it over the fruit. Then bake.
Option 3: Bake everything the night before and then simply reheat for 20 minutes at 300F before serving.

Baking Tip -To save on time, use canned pineapple and pears in water or juice. Drain pears and pineapple before adding to recipe, saving pineapple juice.

Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Category: breakfast/dessert/brunch
Method: baking
Cuisine: breakfast/dessert/brunch

Nutrition

Serving Size:
Calories: 273
Sugar: 27.6 g
Sodium: 6.4 mg
Fat: 14.7 g
Saturated Fat: 6.2 g
Carbohydrates: 36.7 g
Fiber: 5.2 g
Protein: 2 g
Cholesterol: 24.3 mg