Baked apples in the crockpot – sounds good, huh? This really is so easy, and would be great a simple dessert when you have company! You can stuff the apples with any type of filling – I used goat cheese, but if you wanted this to be vegan, or nut free, or whatever – you can add whatever you want!
I used an apple corer to core the apples – if you don’t have one, you could use a knife, the apple corer just made it so much easier!
Baked Apples
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4 small to medium apples
1/2 cup goat cheese
2 tbsp pecans, chopped
1/4 cup pineapple, finely minced (either fresh or canned)
1 tbsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
2 cups white wine, or apple or grape juice
In a small bowl, combine the goat cheese, pineapple, and rosemary. Chop the pecans and add to the mixture.
Stir to combine – it will be quite thick.
Take the apples, and using an apple corer – or a knife, cut out the core out. If you want to leave the bottom of the apple intact, you can do that – or just cut all the way through.
Peek-a-boo!
Stuff the cheese mixture into the middle of the apples where the core used to be.
Place the apples in the crockpot. Depending on what size crockpot you use, you could use less apples, or more apples.
Add the wine – just to about 1/3 of the way cover the apples. You can use any type of wine or juice you want – apple juice, grape juice, apple grape juice, it will flavor the apples, so use whatever you feel like! I thought the wine made it more of an adult dessert
Place the lid on the crockpot, set to high and cook for 2-3 hours, depending on your crockpot . You want the apples to be soft, and the cheese melty.
Serve!
The apples are a little squishy, and not so photogenic, but so good!
Once you cut into them, you can see the cheese and pineapple mixture -
If you want to drizzle the apples with honey you can, but I love that this dessert has no added sugar!
Very good Jane! I can smell it through the screen! It reminds me of home, summer and good times…
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It did smell so good while cooking! mmmm!
Love this! I love anything with apples – and almost always use fuji apples – they seem to hold up better when baking and in pies. Yum!
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Me too … I pretty much eat an apple every day! So easy to carry to work, and you don’t have to peel them like you do oranges! That is what I hate about oranges!
You really elevated the lowly baked apple with goat cheese, pineapple and wine, Jane! A local fast food place has been advertising an apple pie sundae and I’ve been so hungry for something with apples in it. Suppose I could just eat an apple. Nah!
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hahaha true! Who wants a plain apple when you can make it all fancy?
Yum—this sounds amazing! What a great flavor combo, and I love warm apples!
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Thank you Lisa! I love warm apples too … just the smell of them cooking makes me happy!
That is a great idea! Thanks for sharing I never would have thought of using my crockpot for something like this.
Thank you! It was just an idea in my head that I was not sure if it would work, but it turned out really good!
Don’t you just love when you get an idea and it turns out fantastic
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Some of the best things I ever made were the least photogenic
These look delicious. I hope your blog issues are over and you have a good week!
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I hope they are over too! I think I have taken all the precautions that I know how to right now! lol!
I love baked apples! What a great idea to make them in the slow cooker -keeps the kitchen from heating up on a hot day. Love it!
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What a fabulous idea! I’ve made crockpot applesauce, but never baked apples. YUM!
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This does look really good. Is there a specific type of apple that you think is best for this?
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Mine were Fuji …. I don’t think a red delicious would work as well because they get so soft when you cook them, you want something that holds up a little bit. I personally wouldn’t use a granny smith, because they are a little tart for me. But really, almost anything would work!
Delicious Jane
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I love baked apples! This recipe would work wonderfully with my yogurt cheese recipe! Cheese and Apples are a wonderful combination but I’ve never thought to combine baked apples with a soft cheese and rosemary too, YUM – definitely one to pin!
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Thank you! When I was starting to create this, I was envisioning this goat and fig cheese that I have gotten at Costco, but I could not find it! It is like they don’t carry it anymore, and it was sooo good! So, I decided to create my own version!
I’d say the goat cheese and wine made it more scrumptious to taste. Thanks! Definitely a must try!
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