Nature’s Pride Apple Blossoms

by | Sep 29, 2010 | Recipes | 9 comments

Nature’s Pride Apple Blossoms

For my Nature’s Pride recipe I decided to use one of the most delicious and healthy fruits of Fall, apples! (I was given a Nature’s Pride coupon for the bread through Foodbuzz.)

I started with a simple, local apple.

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I peeled it and chopped it.

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And tossed it into a bowl with a little stevia and a cinnamon.

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While that was sitting, I got started on my bread. I chose Nature’s Pride 12 grain, but any variety would do.

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Then I started rolling each piece of bread to flatten it out.

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And I pressed my cookie cutter through the bread to make a circle. I then cut the circle in half and placed it in a muffin tin, to make a little cup.

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Then I filled each cup with the apples. I topped each “blossom” a mixture of oats, almonds, a few sprays of butter and some brown sugar.

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Baked at 425 for about 15 minutes, until they turned golden brown and the bread crust got a little cruncyh like toast.

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And we dug in! We were missing some vanilla bean ice cream…next time.

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Nature’s Pride Apple Blossoms

makes 6 blossoms

  • 6 pieces of Nature’s Pride bread
  • cooking spray
  • 4 large local apples
  • cinnamon
  • stevia
  • 1/2 c. oats
  • 1/4 c. brown sugar
  • 1 T. melted butter or spray butter
  • 1/8 c. toasted, sliced almonds
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Lightly spray 6 standard muffin cups with cooking spray.
  3. Using a rolling pin, flatten bread slices slightly and, with a circle ookie cutter, cut into 6 pieces of bread.
  4. Cut each circle in half, then press 2 halves into each muffin cup,
  5. If you need to overlap the pieces make sure there are no gaps, do so. Also, use extra bread to cover any gaps.
  6. Spray with a light layer of cooking spray, spray butter or butter if you’d like.
  7. Peel and dice your apples into a bowl.
  8. Sprinkle with stevia and cinnamon (to your taste).
  9. Scoop apples into toast blossoms until they are even with the top of the bread, not over flowing. You want room for the topping.
  10. Make the topping by mixing oats, brown sugar, almonds and butter.
  11. Top each blossom with a generous amount of topping.
  12. Bake at 425 for about 10-15 minutes.
  13. Serve with vanilla ice cream and ENJOY!

This is a healthy dessert or snack that can be made any time!

9 Comments

  1. Heather
    Heather on September 30, 2010 at 5:12 am

    How creative! I love the “healthified” version!!

  2. CaSaundra
    CaSaundra on September 30, 2010 at 5:22 am

    What a great recipe and healthy too! Good luck in the contest! 🙂

  3. Kylie @ A Hungry Spoon
    Kylie @ A Hungry Spoon on September 30, 2010 at 5:30 am

    Ali, this is such a neat idea! How creative! Thanks for sharing your recipe 🙂

  4. Hallie
    Hallie on September 30, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    so creative!! i think i will make these for john this weekend!!

  7. janetha g.
    janetha g. on October 1, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    I have seen a lot of entries and this is definitely one of the most creative ones! I hope you win–then we can hang out at the festival!

  8. Lisa
    Lisa on October 1, 2010 at 11:31 pm

    I’ve never cared for the pastry part of an apple blossom, but your idea of using healthy bread instead definitely catches my interest. Now that’s an apple blossom that I’d eat.

  9. kristin
    kristin on October 5, 2010 at 11:59 am

    these look amazing!!!