Spiced Hot Fruit Bake (Gluten Free, Vegan Friendly

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free
• Paleo

• Produce

  • 2 cup Apples
  • 1 1/2 cup Cranberries, fresh
  • 2 cups Pear, green slices
  • 1 cup Pineapple

• Condiments

  • 1 tbsp Agave or honey
  • 1 Lemon juice

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup Coconut sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1/3 cup Walnuts

• Dairy

  • 1/2 stick Butter

Found on cottercrunch.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cup sliced apples
• 2 cups green pear slices
• 1 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
• 1 cup pineapple chunks (save the juice)
• lemon juice
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1 tbsp agave or honey
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 stick melted butter or 4 tbsp melted earth balance vegan butter
• 2 tbsp melted coconut oil (this is optional but does give it more flavor and coating. Add 1 tbsp butter instead if you dont have coconut oil).
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

• Preheat oven to 300F.
• In a large bowl, toss your fruit and add in 1-2 tsp lemon juice. Set aside.
• In another glass bowl, combine your melted butter, sugar, spices, and coconut oil.
• Add in honey and a little bit of your leftover pineapple juice as well.
• Add this sugar/butter mixture to your fruit and coat evenly.
• Pour fruit evenly in a 9x12 baking dish.
• Pour the leftover sugar/butter/oil mixture on top.
• baking for 1 hr.
• Add your nuts last.
• Mix fruit again and serve.
• You can also add your nuts in the last 30 minutes of the baking time if you prefer them hot and baked as well.