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- Makes 4 quesadillas
- Serving size: 1 quesadilla
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Halfway between a savory snack and a sweet treat, these quesadillas are a delicious way to get in your apple-a-day. Stew together apple cider, warming spices, and chunks of fresh apples until everything gets tantalizingly tender and creates a delicious pie-like filling. Slather creamy hummus on corn tortillas, top with the apple mixture, and sprinkle some chopped peanuts for a salty, nutty crunch. While it might sound like an odd combo of flavors, everything melds together as the quesadillas get warm and crispy in the skillet so you end up with a creative take on classic apple pie that’s free from oil, gluten, and refined sugar.
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Ingredients
- 3 medium apples, cored and chopped (3 cups)
- ¼ cup apple cider
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder
- ¾ cup oil-free hummus
- 8 6-inch corn tortillas
- 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted peanuts
- ¾ cup Apple Salsa (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan stir together apples, apple cider, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Bring to boiling over medium; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes or until apples are almost tender. In a small bowl stir together arrowroot powder and 1 tablespoon water. Add to apples; cook and stir 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from heat.
- Spread hummus on half of the tortillas. Using a slotted spoon, top hummus with apple filling. Sprinkle with peanuts. Top with remaining tortillas.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet or griddle over medium. Add one quesadilla; cook 10 minutes or until browned and crisp, turning once. Repeat with remaining quesadillas.
- Cut quesadillas into wedges. If desired, top with Apple Salsa.
Per serving (1 quesadilla): 340 calories, 64 g carbohydrates, 7.9 g protein, 8.3 g total fat, 1.3 g saturated fat, 0 g cholesterol, 199 mg sodium, 9.8 g fiber, 29 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
Comments (3)
(5 from 2 votes)Cook each one for 10 minutes? Cooking time alone would be 40 minutes. The ready in 35 minutes would be only one.
Absolutely agree with you, Diana McGuire... It'd take 40 minutes cooking time to complete these. Wonder if there's another way to cook these so it doesn't take 40 mins altogether, just for the cooking, that is, in addition to the prep time. The listed prep time is: 20mins. Hmmm. Gonna take longer to chop apples & assemble rest of ingredients...and then cook 10 mins.. and then add arrowroot & 1T water & cook till thickened. I'd estimate almost 30mins for all that.
Hi Diana, This is a great point! We've updated the recipe to reflect a longer cooktime. Thank you for your feedback.