Crunchy pecans, blended with shredded coconut, and sweetened with honey all nestled in an apple half and baked to perfection. These Paleo Baked Apples are paleo, primal, and GAPS compliant.
Imagine the combination of granny smith apples, cinnamon, pecans and honey all blended together on the same plate – guilt free. This is the definition of healthy apple pie without the guilt of the crust.
Baked Apples with Pecan Crumble (Paleo, Primal, GAPS)
These Paleo Baked Apples have that perfectly crunchy, honey-sweetened pecan crumble. And the best part is that it’s only 5 ingredients (including the apples) and takes very little hands-on time.
The hardest part is waiting patiently for the apples to bake to perfection.
Top these baked apples with Paleo 3-Ingredient Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and drizzle with salted caramel sauce (recipe coming soon!) and you have a perfect fall dessert.
Want more seasonal sweets? Check out this Paleo Crepe Cake with Cranberries.
Helpful Tips for these Paleo Baked Apples
- Pick same size apples for even cooking.
- I cut the apples in half since they make a smaller portion (great for children!) and provide more servings this way. Alternatively, you can just cut out a small hole at the top of a whole apple using a paring knife and make 4 servings instead of 8.
- If your half apples don’t sit well in the dish, just slice a small piece off the rounded part of the apple half to create stability. It should sit well in the pan. I didn’t bother doing this because I find that as soon as the apples are baked and softened, they are set pretty firmly in the dish.
- In order to retain that crunch in the pecans, be sure they are just coarsely chopped. Just 2-3 pulses is enough to blend them in with the honey butter mixture. You don’t want to process them to flour or meal consistency.
Helpful Items for these Paleo Baked Apples
- I used an ice cream scoop similar to this one to scoop out the center cores. I purchased mine at an estate sale and I love it for these jobs because the edges are thin enough to create a clean line. A melon baller would work just as well.
- I use my Le Creuset 9X12 casserole dish to bake these apples.
- This food processor does a splendid job at combining the cold butter with honey and coconut.
How would you enjoy these baked apples? What would you add on top?
Paleo Baked Apples with Pecan Crumble (Paleo, Primal, GAPS)
Crunchy pecans, blended with shredded coconut, and sweetened with honey all nestled in an apple half and baked to perfection.
Ingredients
- 4 granny smith apples
For pecan crumble:
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 6X9 casserole dish with butter and set aside.
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Cut the apples in half, remove the core with a melon baller or similar tool.
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Combine all topping ingredients except the pecans in a food processor and pulse until combined well.
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Add coarsely chopped pecans towards the end and pulse a few times to until evenly combined.
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Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of pecan crumble onto the apple halves.
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Bake for 40 minutes or until apples are tender but not mushy.
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Remove apples, top with scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle with salted caramel sauce.
Recipe Notes
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Beautiful and clean ingredients…and OH! The flavor…SO amazing!
Oh my goodness. These look amazing, Anya! I can’t wait to try them!
Enjoy!
Mmmmm, the pecan crumbles on these baked apples take it to the next level of flavor. Great recipe!
Oh yum, I’m drooling at these photos. Love that pecan crumble on top!
That’s the best part!
This looks so insanely decadent!
Om my goodness! This takes a baked apple to a whole new level of yum! So delicious!
Thank you Stacey. It’s a delicious treat.
What an impressive looking dessert!! Love the coconut in this!
Oh my goodness… the crumble on these baked apples is drool worthy. I can not wait try make these… such a yummy fall dessert!
Yummy! It’s sweet and little tart. What a fabulous healthy dessert!
This sounds like a wonderful alternative to apple crumble! My son is intolerant to oats, so this is on my list to try. Yum!
I would never have thought to put the pecan crumble, but it makes the apples that much more special and SOO yummy!! The whole dessert is so pretty and delicious.
Oh wow! With the scoop of ice cream on top, these are spectacular! I LOVE that yummy, crumble topping, it’s such a treat. This is such a fun dessert for the holidays and fall season.
Apples, cinnamon, pecans and honey – so many of my favourite things! These look delicious!
I LOVE baked fruit for dinner and these apples look so amazingly delicious — love that delicious ball of ice cream on top, would definitely get my kids to gobble up!
I just love this treat idea – I like doing baked fruit for the Christmas eve treat so my kids aren’t too sugared up before bed LOL! All that butter will help level blood sugars out too!
These look even better than apple pie and with a fraction of the work, and that caramel drizzle looks so scrumptious!
Made these and oh my goodness, they’re delicious! I could eat the pecan crumble with a spoon all on it’s own. Thank you for such an easy, yet delicious recipe!
Great to hear, Kathleen. Yes, that pecan crumble is the best!