Cranberry Royale (EASY)

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot 3.5) recipe.

This is a takeoff of a cranberry bake recipe from Southern Living. Now that I live in the South, I read that publication much more often.

This is homey, tasty, and not too sweet. Just a little cranberry twang but plenty of sweetness in the apples.

Servings: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 peeled cooking apples. My go-to is Granny Smith.
• 1 cup of fresh cranberries
• 1-½ tsp of fresh lemon juice
• ½ cup of granulated sweetener. I use ZSweet or Swerve
• ½ cup of quick cooking oats, uncooked
• ½ cup of chopped walnuts
• 3 Tbl of Swerve brown sugar substitute
• ¼ cup of melted butter or you can use coconut oil for a vegan option
• Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly oil a 9” x 9” ovenproof casserole dish.

Peel and chop the apples. My pieces were about ½” chunks.

Drop the apple chunks and the cranberries in the baking dish and spread them around. Sprinkle on the lemon juice. Spoon the ½ cup of sweetener over the top. Set it aside.

In a small bowl, combine the oats, walnuts, brown sweetener and the butter or coconut oil. Mix with a spatula or fork until it’s all combined into a crumbly mixture. Sprinkle this over the apple/cranberry combo.

Bake, uncovered for one hour. The top will be lightly browned.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve warm with ice cream, or plain at room temperature. Whipped cream would be nice. Or if you want to “go English” you could drizzle on a puddle of sweet cream. This also makes a nice breakfast snack the next day.

Enjoy!

Cheers,