Activity
Baked Apples
Looking for a healthy dessert? Your child can use some fresh apples and some other basic ingredients to make baked apples the whole family will love! It’s as simple as getting out some apples, doing some measuring and mixing, and then waiting patiently to enjoy the results!
What You Need:
- 4 apples
- 1 cup oats
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- Apple corer
- Paring knife
- Mixing bowl
- Spatula
- Spoon
- Baking pan
- Tinfoil
What You Do:
- Start by getting those apples ready for baking! Have your child use a paring knife to cut the tops and bottoms off the apples off, then use an apple corer to carefully remove the central core of the apples. Be careful – apple corers are sharp!
- Invite your child to place the apples on a baking pan and pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Now she can get the stuffing ready by mixing together the oats, brown sugar, vanilla, and maple syrup in a mixing bowl with a spatula until it resembles coarse sand. Then she can cut up the butter into cubes and use a fork to mix it in, too.
- Offer your child a spoon to scoop the stuffing into the center of the apples. She can mound the mixture on the tops of the apples until each apple has been filled and topped.
- She can cover the apples with tinfoil and place the baking pan in the oven for 1 hour. After an hour of baking, your child can carefully remove the baking pan from the oven, remove the tinfoil, and return to crisp up for an additional 15 minutes.
- Now that the whole family can’t wait any longer due to the wondrous smells coming from the oven, carefully remove the apples from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Serve the warm apples alone, or alongside a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Related learning resources
Baked Okra
Activity
Baked Okra
fried okra, oven-baked fried okra, baked okra, recipe, Southern food recipes, Southern recipes
4th grade
Activity
Are Red Apples Sweeter Than Green Apples?
Science project
Are Red Apples Sweeter Than Green Apples?
Are red apples really sweeter than green apples? The objective of this science fair project is to test the theory with quantitative evidence.
Middle school
Science project
Baked French Toast Recipe
Activity
Baked French Toast Recipe
Our baked French toast recipe is particularly tasty on a chilly winter morning. Make our baked French toast recipe with your child to teach them about measuring.
4th grade
Activity
Apples and Bananas
Lesson plan
Apples and Bananas
Your students will love singing the classic song “Apples and Bananas” while learning all about long vowel sounds.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Astonishing Apples! What Preserves Apples Best?
Science project
Astonishing Apples! What Preserves Apples Best?
The purpose of this science fair project is to learn which substance best preserves apples. Learn about enzyme interactions in fruit and scientific processes.
Middle school
Science
Science project
Subtraction: Falling Apples
Worksheet
Subtraction: Falling Apples
For each problem on this worksheet, kids subtract single-digit numbers to see how many apples are left after someone has had a tasty snack.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Chocolate-Covered Apples
Activity
Chocolate-Covered Apples
If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.
2nd grade
Activity
Problem Solving: Adding Apples
Worksheet
Problem Solving: Adding Apples
How many apples will be left on a tree if seven are picked?
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Red and Green Apples
Lesson plan
Red and Green Apples
Students will learn about apples and nonfiction writing in this lesson. When they are done comparing and contrasting, there might even be a tasty snack in their future!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
How Many Apples?
Worksheet
How Many Apples?
Which type of organization helps you figure out the total amount of apples? What strategies can you use?
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
All About Apples: Level B
Story
All About Apples: Level B
Help your beginning reader get on the road to reading success with this leveled book that's all about apples.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Story
Count the Apples & Make a Graph
Worksheet
Count the Apples & Make a Graph
On this prekindergarten math worksheet, kids count the apples they see in the picture and record the data in a graph.
preschool
Math
Worksheet