A gal had asked me what I thought about a recipe from Pinterest on my Facebook page. It looked amazing, but needed some changes to be on plan. Cheesecake Stuffed Baked Apples is the original recipe and inspired the idea for this post. You could make a Crossover dessert using cream cheese if you want too. You'd have to use on plan sweeteners of course. I wanted to make something similar that I could eat in and "E" setting on the Trim Healthy Mama plan! I came across one of my friend's recipes for her "Buttermilk" Pie and got a few more ideas and headed to the kitchen!
Ingredients-
- 1/4 cup of 1 or 2% cottage cheese (or 0% greek yogurt)
- 1 1/2 Tbs egg whites
- One medium size apple (I used a Gala.)
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/4 tsp Trim Healthy Mama Gluccomanan or Xanthan Gum
- 1/2 tsp Trim Healthy Mama Sweet Blend or another on plan sweetener
- cinnamon (a few shakes is optional)
I took the rest of the ingredients and placed them in a little blender or food processor. I wanted my cottage cheese to me smooth and not so lumpy! I'd still process it a few seconds if you use Greek Yogurt as well so that the ingredients are well mixed. I then filled up my apple with the mixture. You don't want it too much over the apple because it rises a bit. If you use Greek yogurt is puffs up more than the cottage cheese. I've made it both ways and enjoy both! There was something about the cottage cheese that I like a smidgen more though. Bake this in an oven safe pan or dish at 350 for 25-30 minutes. I felt my apple and it was nice and squishy. I didn't want it under-baked, but nice and soft. The baking time also depends on your oven and how much apple you are baking. If you have a small apple, use 3 Tbs of cottage cheese or yogurt and all the other ingredients listed. I did broil mine for a minute or two to get a nice little bit of color on top. I sprinkled a little cinnamon on top, but you could shake a bit in the mixture before you baked it as well. Lastly, I drizzled a bit of maple syrup over mine. Plan approved of course! Gwen has a recipe on her site for some Stevia Syrup that many love. Walden Farms sells a Caramel Syrup that would be VERY yummy on this as well. It's one of those personal choice items as it has a sweetener that isn't the best in it. Might not be too bad to use occasionally though on something like this dessert. I enjoy this warm, right out of the oven.
Nothing too hard, yet I think it looks a bit fancy! You could make 4 apples pretty easily by just quadrupling the recipe. I'd not quadruple the glucci, but just use about 1/2 tsp if you do. Same for the cream of tartar. It just helps thicken this up a bit.
One thing I love about this dessert is that it has protein packed right inside! Protein helps blunt the natural sugars in the apple so that your blood sugar won't spike. Neat trick! I'd eat it for breakfast or a snack as well.I hope you enjoy it like I have this week.
This post is for you, Auntie! You were loved and will be missed many. I am thankful for your love for the Lord and how you invested in your family.
Granny is on the left and my Aunt Pauline is on the right. Sisters.
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Jennifer, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt. How wonderful that you were able to make a recipe that will always have you thinking of her when you make it. This looks wonderful – I can’t wait to try it!
Thanks so much! Hope you like it!
Did you mix in the apple bits that you cleaned out with your cottage cheese or would it be too juicy?
I didn’t…I just ate them! lol I’m not sure what would happen if you did….
I will let you know……I threw the apple bits in the blender with the rest of the ingred’s. In the oven now 🙂
YUMMO!!
Jennifer, thank you for sharing this most wonderful recipe in honor of your Aunt. Looking forward to trying this. 🙂
This looks wonderful and I can’t wait to try it!
This was super yummy. I made 4 so the kids could have one too but ended up with a couple left over(I have one child who is afraid of new food, lol!) which made a great, quick snack later! I chopped up my extra apple and put it in with the cottage cheese mixture and had good results.