Lunch: Mini Baked Apple Pies

Recipe by Lindsay Funston A lattice pie crust is so much easier to master when you just have to criss-cross it over an apple. Drizzle with caramel for the win.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Mini Baked Apple Pies

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

4 large baking apples, tops sliced off and insides scooped out
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 sheet refrigerated pie crust (or homemade)
1 large egg, beaten with 1 tbsp. water
Sugar, for sprinkling
Caramel sauce, for drizzling

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Chop insides of the four apples and add them to a medium saucepan with butter, cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons water. Cook over medium heat, stirring ocassionally, until soft, 15 minutes.
Roll out pie crust into a large rectangle and cut into thin 1/4"-thick strips. Stuff apples with cooked apple mixture and transfer to a glass baking dish. Arrange pie crust strips over apples, crisscrossing to create a lattice crust. Trim edges and brush pie crust with egg wash. Sprinkle with sugar and bake until apples are soft and bubbly and pie crust golden, 35 minutes.
Drizzle with caramel and serve.

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