Loopy's Baked Apple Crisp

I created this recipe myself, and it’s the first one I’m submitting to the site. The cream cheese mixture turns almost into a caramel sauce when baked, not ‘cream-cheesy’ at all. This is delicious by itself, or it would be great served with vanilla ice cream or maybe pancakes or waffles, which would also turn this recipe’s yield into 4 to 6 servings.

Original recipe makes 2 servings

Ingredients

cooking spray
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1 apple, halved and core cut out
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup granola

PREP

10 mins
COOK

45 mins
READY IN

55 mins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8×8-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Stir cream cheese, brown sugar, maple syrup, walnuts, cinnamon, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and allspice together in a bowl until well mixed.
Place apples, cut-side up, into baking dish, supporting them with pieces from the core underneath if needed. Spoon 1 1/2 teaspoons butter into each cored apple and top each with 1/2 the cream cheese mixture, filling the hole and covering the entire top of apple.
Bake in the preheated oven until apples are slightly softened, about 35 minutes. Sprinkle apples with granola, pressing granola into filling. Continue baking until apples are cooked through and granola is browned, about 10 more minutes.