"Baked" Apples

I have a HORRIBLE sweet tooth that often gets the best of me. I will do great all day, then sit down to watch TV and relax in the evening and end up with something sweet in my hand. So, I started looking for recipes that would satisfy that sweet tooth, and not KILL all the healthy choices I've made throughout the day. I found a couple recipes for "Baked" Apples using the crock pot and I sort of tweaked them all to fit what I had on hand and what my family likes. Here is my recipe!

I put about 4 cups of sliced apples, 1/3 a cup of brown sugar (you could use white sugar or even splenda granules if you want), 3 tablespoons of apple juice, and 1 teaspoon of apple pie spice in my crock pot. I then dotted it with country crock (it ended up being about a tablespoon). This is what it looked like going in. 

A couple hours into cooking, on low, my house was starting to smell yummy! So I decided to check on my apples. They looked awesome. Here is a picture!

We went out for dinner since Nick had to work today and we had some shopping we needed to get done. We live about 30 minutes from any kind of shopping other than a local grocery store and an Ace Hardware, so we have to plan our trips! When we got home from shopping and dinner we had the apples over some vanilla frozen yogurt for dessert. YUM, is all I can say! It was like eating apple pie but with far less calories. I did the math, if we say there are 8 servings of apples in the crock pot, each serving is about 72 calories. Add that to whatever you want to put them over, or just eat them alone, and you have a really yummy, satisfying, and guilt free dessert!

I am hoping to try at least one new recipe every week. When I find a winner, I will be sure to share with you all. Until next time my friends!

XOXO ~ Dana