Baked pear and apple fries for your next snack. They are a great replacement for when you are craving french fries.
Fall hits, and people are talking about apples all over the place. I’ll even admit that I was on the apple bandwagon as well. I mean, I eat one almost daily; I might as well put them in a recipe. The forgotten fruit here is the pear.
It sits very close to the apple at the store, and 9 out of 10 people will walk right past them for other fruit selections.
Not this girl. This winter, I’m all about my pear dishes.
After my pear and apple galette, I decided that these two were a winning combo and that I needed to pair them together more often. That brings me to today’s winning baked pear and apple fries dish. I’m a girl that craves her fries. More cases than not I’m craving the greasy, salty fries that come from fast-food chains.
Not the case with this dish. Now depending on what you want to do with them is up to you. In my case, I had one batch just as they were and the second batch was topped with vanilla ice cream and a little caramel drizzle. Now before they went into the oven, I tossed them in some Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil and vanilla along with some spices.
Next time you are craving fries, break out the fruit instead.
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ENJOY ~ Meagan
Baked pear and apple fries
Ingredients
- 1 apple, sliced into fry pieces
- 1 pear, sliced into fry pieces
- 1 tablespoon Pompeian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the apple and pear into fry pieces. Add them to a bowl along with the olive oil and vanilla. Throughly coat the fries. In a small bowl mix together the sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg. Sprinkle over the fries and then mix with a spoon until will coated. Place in an iron skillet and bake for 20 minutes. Remove and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Top with ice cream and caramel.