Air Fryer Apple Pie Baked Apples
Description
Whole apples stuffed with a cinnamon-sugar filling and topped with a woven pie crust lattice — all the flavor of apple pie, in individual servings, in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 package prepared pie crust, cold
- 5 medium apples, Granny Smith or Honeycrisp — 1 diced for the filling, 4 for stuffing
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar, for sprinkling
For serving (optional): vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or caramel sauce
Instructions
- Stir the cornstarch into the cold water until smooth. Dice one apple and add it to a saucepan over medium-low heat with the cornstarch mixture, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Simmer 2–3 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the cold pie crust and cut it into strips about ⅓ inch wide with a pizza cutter. Preheat the air fryer to 320°F for 5 minutes.
- Slice the tops off the remaining 4 apples. Scoop out the core and seeds with a melon baller or spoon, leaving at least ¼ inch of flesh at the bottom. Fill each cavity level with the rim.
- Lay crust strips across each apple, straight or woven into a lattice, and trim the overhang. Whisk the egg and milk together, brush over the tops, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Stand the apples upright in the air fryer basket. Cook at 320°F for 10–15 minutes, until the crust is deep golden and the filling is bubbling. Start checking at 10 minutes.
- Serve warm with ice cream or caramel sauce, while the crust is still crisp.
Equipment
- Parchment Paper, optional
- Cooking Spray, optional
Notes
- Keep the crust cold. If it softens while you work, refrigerate it for 5 minutes before lifting the strips.
- Don't overfill. The filling expands; a level cavity prevents bubble-over.
- Oven method: Bake assembled apples at 350°F for 20–25 minutes, until fork-tender and golden.
- Best apples: Granny Smith or Honeycrisp. Avoid McIntosh, Gala, or Red Delicious — they collapse.
- Nutrition: recalculate for 4 servings. The existing 372 kcal figure was based on 8, so the per-apple number will roughly double.
Nutrition
Serving: 1ServingCalories: 755kcalCarbohydrates: 114gProtein: 9gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 472mgPotassium: 377mgFiber: 8gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 199IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 3mg