Our air fryer baked apples use brown sugar and cinnamon to create a crisp caramelized coating. Made in under 30 minutes start to finish. Eat them as they are or top them with ice cream or whipped topping. A kid favorite! Gluten-free.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: air fryer baked apples, gluten free baked apples
⭐️Prepare the apples for baking. Place the apples on a cutting board. Cut the top off each apple, then use the apple corer to core each apple. Place onto air fryer tray.
4 medium apples
Add cinnamon and brown sugar. Sprinkle each apple with cinnamon then evenly distribute the brown sugar over the top of the apples.
1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon
⭐️Preheat air fryer to 350°F and bake. Bake for 15 -20 minutes or until apples are soft. Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired.
vanilla ice cream
Notes
Tips
Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Gala, Jonagold or Fuji are our top apple recommendations for baking.
If you don't own an air fryer, place the apples in the oven to bake at 400°F for 20-30 minutes or until soft.
CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.