Flourless Caramel Apple Blondies are so gooey and delicious! You would never know that they are good for you! Also gluten-free, with vegan and paleo options!
Hey guys! Just popping in with like our 100th flourless blondie recipe. Just kidding more like 10th lol.
But honestly, blondies are our thing. And because of this, We are going to continue to come up with insane blondie recipes.
This Caramel Apple version is totally fall-inspired. Caramel and apples are such a bomb combo, so we just HAD to showcase it here, I hope you don’t mind😉
Like all of our blondie recipes, these are simple to make, and require only a few ingredients (woohooooo)
almond butter
applesauce
egg or flax egg
caramel sauce
baking soda
sliced apples
Flourless Caramel Apple Blondies {Vegan + Paleo options}
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter or other nut butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 egg beaten (sub flax egg for vegan option)
- 1/4 cup caramel sauce here is a good paleo recipe
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 apple thinly sliced
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper and set aside.
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Combine all ingredients except for sliced apples in a bowl. Mix well until a thick, smooth batter forms.
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fold apples into batter and mix.
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Pour batter into parchment-lined pan. Smooth out the top so the batter is even.
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Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until done.
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Let bars cool (make sure you let them cool extra long because they are gooey). Slice into 9 blondies.
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Enjoy!
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These Flourless Turtle Brownies will be your next go-to brownie recipe! Super simple to make plus gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, paleo with a vegan option!
To be honest guys, this recipe has been sitting in my drafts for almost three years. I’ve always wanted to post this recipe because its uh-maz-ing but the pictures didn’t do these brownies any justice.
So I remade them a few years later, and bam they are still turtely (pun intended) amazing as I remembered. The turtle combo of chocolate, pecans, and caramel really is a match made in heaven.
These brownies are rich and chocolately, just how brownies should be. And of course I wouldn’t be part of Athletic Avocado if I didn’t make them flourless💁
Pecan butter stands as the base to these beauties so no flour is necessary. Dark cocoa powder gives these brownies the mouth-watering intense chocolate flavor, and the caramel drizzle is the cherry on top!
I used store-bought caramel sauce to save some time, but you can also make your own healthier version instead (I made date caramel the first time I made these brownies.
So here is what you need to make these brownies:
pecan butter (homemade or store-bought)
dark cocoa powder
maple syrup
egg (or flax egg)
coconut oil
vanilla
baking soda
caramel sauce
chopped pecans
chocolate drizzle
Flourless Turtle Brownies
Flourless Pecan Turtle Brownies
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecan butter
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- TOPPING
- I cup paleo caramel sauce (such as this one
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Combine first 5 ingredients together in a large bowl until mixture is smooth. Add in cocoa and baking soda and mix well.
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Coat a baking pan with coconut oil or cooking spray and spoon in batter. Smooth out the top so batter is even throughout.
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Bake for 25 minutes, or until done.
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Let cool then spread on caramel sauce and top with pecans and chocolate chips
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Caramel Pretzel Peanut Butter Fudge is an easy-to-make, delectable fudge that everyone will love! Only 4 ingredients, vegan + gluten-free friendly!
In case you didn’t notice yet, here a AA we love our fudge. First of all, fudge is so simple to make and only requires a few ingredients. Secondly, you can basically customize it to any flavor you want, like our oatmeal raisin cookie fudge. Thirdly and most importantly, it’s delish!
Have you ever dipped pretzels in peanut butter? It’s an amazing combo thats for sure. Now imagine dipping pretzels in pb + caramel. Dreamy right? The perfect sweet n’ salty delight.
Did I mention that this fudge is only 4 ingredients? Another reason to make it if you ask me 😉
Here is what ya need:
peanut butter
coconut oil
caramel
pretzels
Peanut Butter Pretzel Caramel Fudge
Only 4 simple ingredients are need to make this no-bake treat! Everyone will love this fudge!
4 Ingredient Caramel Pretzel Peanut Butter Fudge
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup natural peanut butter
- 1/4 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/4 cup paleo caramel sauce or any caramel sauce
- 1 cup pretzels crushed (can be GFif needed
Instructions
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In a large bowl combine peanut butter, coconut oil and caramel. Fold in crushed pretzels.
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Spread mixture evenly into a loaf pan/ small glass pan coated with cooking spray.
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Freeze mixture for 2-3 hours.
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Slice into about 16 pieces.
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Enjoy!
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Question of the Day:
What’s your fave sweet and salty combo?
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“This post is sponsored by Georgia Grinders. As always, all opinions are my own.”
Since the holidays are quickly approaching, all things sweets have been on my mind. From experimenting with new sweet recipes for the winter season to eating bressert (dessert for breakfast), I’ve been having my fair share of homemade (healthy) holiday treats. No shame included.🙅
Are desserts are your mind lately too? I think it’s just the time of year that has me dreaming of apple pie, Christmas cookies, chocolate,etc. I love making desserts for holiday parties, but I’m usually slaving in the kitchen for HOURS on end making 8 kinds of cupcakes, 11 types of cookies, 4 types of chocolate and 3 types of pie. Ok, total exaggeration here, but my point is, why take time spend hours in the kitchen when it can take you 3 minutes (plus chilling time) to make gourmet crowd-pleasing dessert? And bonus: it’s totally healthy.
Yes I’m talking about this eye-catching tiger-stripe Turtle Pecan Bark. Who doesn’t love pecans, caramel and chocolate together? So good.
The star of the show here is Georgia Grinders Pecan Butter, which creates the perfect base for this bark. It’s creamy, drippy and has a strong nutty taste. Did you ever try pecan butter? I hate to say this, but sorry peanut butter, you are now second.
Georgia Grinders is a nut butter company that is dedicated to creating high-quality, unique nut butters with simple and minimal ingredients. They also sent me their original almond butter, creamy cashew butter (you can use in these blondies) and pecan-peanut butter. All these jars deserve a big round of applause👏👏👏
Ok, now back to this bark! It’s mind-boggling to think that it’s vegan and paleo friendly and highly addictive. Only 5 ingredients are needed:
Georgia Grinders Pecan Butter
Coconut oil
Paleo caramel sauce
chopped pecans
melted dark chocolate
No-Bake Turtle Pecan Chocolate Bark
Only 5 ingredients are used to create this tasty, decadent Turtle Pecan Bark! With the great flavor combo of pecans, chocolate and caramel, you’d never guess this bark is paleo and vegan friendly!
No-Bake Turtle Pecan Candy Bark {Paleo + Vegan}
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 40 minutes mins
Ingredients
- Turtle Pecan Bark
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/4 cup Georgia Grinders Pecan Butter
- 1/4 cup paleo caramel sauce
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips melted
Instructions
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Whisk together coconut oil, pecan butter and caramel sauce in a medium bowl. Pour onto parchment lined cooking sheet and spread in an even, thin layer.
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Top with chopped pecans, and drizzle melted chocolate on top.
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Place in freezer for 30 minutes, or until hardened. Break into pieces.
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Enjoy!
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Store in an air tight container in fridge
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Question of the day:
What is your favorite holiday dessert?
Sticky Bun No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake is completely raw, made with just a few ingredients and one healthy and delicious holiday dessert! Also paleo and gluten-free!
We all have that one dessert that we tend to gravitate to during the holidays/family gatherings.
For some, it may be Grandma’s tray of 100 different types of cookies, for others, it may be dense and fudgey brownies, but for me, it’s cheesecake. I can eat cookies and brownies any day, but cheesecake is saved for special occasions like Christmas and birthdays. When those occasions come by, you can bet almost 99.9% that I’ll be eating more than once slice of cheesecake because calories don’t count on special occasions, right!?
Anyways, calories don’t matter. If you want cheesecake, then eat some because cheesecake is delicious and is made for enjoyment. I finally built up the courage to make something I’ve always wanted to make: a raw cheesecake. I’m always so intimidated by raw desserts and hence haven’t really ever made them for the blog but I knew that it was time! And it turn’s out, it was hard at all!
This cheesecake is stupidly easy and made up of only a few ingredients:
Pecans
Dates
Cashews
Coconut oil
Maple syrup
Vanilla extract
Cinnamon
Sticky Bun No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake
You would never be able to tell that this cheesecake is completely raw and made up of only a few ingredients. It’s so creamy and filled with sweet date caramel and crunchy pecans making it the perfect healthy holiday dessert! Also vegan, paleo, gluten-free and grain-free! Make this for your next family gathering and watch every go crazy over this!
Sticky Bun No-Bake Vegan Cheesecake
Ingredients
- CRUST
- 1.5 cup pecans or nut of choice
- 1/2 cup dates soaked in water for 10 minutes then drained
- FILLING
- 2.5 cup cashews soaked in water overnight then drained
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1/4-1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- TOPPING
- Date caramel
- 1.5 cup pecans
Instructions
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Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. To make CRUST: Place pecans (or other nuts if using) into a food processor and pulse until finely ground. Add the dates and blend until combined. Press the crust mixture evenly in pan and place in freezer while making filling. To make FILLING: Add cashews in food processor/blender and process until creamy. Add in melted coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla and cinnamon and combine well. Spread filling evenly on crust and place in freezer for an hour. To make TOPPING: combine date caramel with pecans in a bowl and spread on top of cheesecake. Store in fridge.
adapted from this recipe
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This guilt-free Take 5 Coconut Oil Chocolate Bark is a delicious vegan and gluten-free take on the popular candy bar. It’s loaded with peanuts, chocolate, caramel, pretzels and peanut butter and you would never guess that it’s healthy!
It’s almost our birthday, and you know what that means? It means an extra special treat for you today in the form of CHOCOLATE!!! Do you all remember the Take 5 candy bars? You know, the ones with pretzels, caramel, peanut butter, peanuts and chocolate?
It’s funny because I’ve never really liked candy bars, but I was all about Take 5 bars when I first tried them. I vividly remember the first time I sunk my teeth into the sweet and salty goodness. I was ice skating, well, more like trying not to stay on my feet because I fell at least 50 times.
I was super hungry after, and of course I begged my mom for a dollar to get a snack at the vending machine. Lo and behold, there it was, in the mix with the potato chips and cheese curls. Needless to say, one bite and I was hooked.
I haven’t had a take 5 bar in FOREVER, so it was about time to recreate the incredible flavors ( in a healthier way of course)!
You’re probably wondering, “how do you make that healthy?” It’s actually pretty simple. You create coconut oil chocolate, mixing coconut oil , high quality cocoa powder, and unrefined sweetener.
Then you add in the heavenly mix-ins and save some for the topping and freeze that ‘ish until its frozen.
Now, about that coconut oil. As you guys probably have seen, we use coconut oil in many of our recipes. From sweet to savory dishes, it’s of our go-to ingredients. My favorite brand is definitely Golden Barrel coconut oil because of it’s high quality, pure ingredients and tradition.
At Golden Barrel, it’s all about putting tons of effort into creating the best quality ingredients, which we are all about. Golden Barrel also uses no preservatives added, which is an added bonus, just pure coconut oil. Use it in any recipe that calls for oil, and you’ll LOVE the pure flavor that Golden Barrel Coconut Oil lends, I promise!
You will love all of the sweet, salty, crunchy, smooth, peanut buttery and chocolatley guilt-free goodness that this Take 5 coconut oil bark has to offer! It’s too delicious, easy and simple not too make!
We know your drooling over that goodness right there 😉
Take 5 Chocolate Coconut Oil Bark
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Freezing time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Golden Barrel Coconut Oil melted
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 Tbsp. peanut butter melted
- 2 Tbsp. date caramel
- 1/2 cup crushed peanuts
- 1/2 cup crushed gluten-free pretzels
- Toppings:
- 2 Tbsp. melted peanut butter mixed with 1 Tbsp. coconut oil
- 2 Tbsp. caramel sauce (I made date caramel- recipe link in instructions)
- 1/2 cuo crushed peanuts
- 1/2 cup crushed gluten-free pretzels
Instructions
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Line a cooking sheet with parchment paper.
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Combine coconut oil, cocoa powder and maple syrup in a bowl. Mix well. Add in peanut butter and caramel and mix until smooth.
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Add in peanuts and pretzels and spoon onto cooking sheet. Spread out until mixture is about 1/2 inch thick.
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Add on remaining peanuts and pretzels. Drizzle on peanut butter and caramel (recipe link to date caramel) and place in freezer. Freeze for about 30 minutes, or until bark is solid.
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Break into smaller pieces and enjoy!
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Store in freezer.
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* To make paleo friendly, sub in almond butter for peanut butter, and crushed almonds for crushed peanuts
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This healthy Caramel Macchiato Overnight Oatmeal tastes like your favorite coffee drink in breakfast form! It is made with only 4 ingredients, gluten-free and can be made vegan and dairy-free too!
I totally forgot about good overnight oatmeal is.
I don’t know why I haven’t made it in so long, I mean, I make baked/microwaved oatmeal everyday but overnight oats make a rare appearance for some odd reason.
Thank God I was reminded of overnight oatmeal while scrolling through instagram and dreamed of making a caramel macchiato version because who doesn’t like coffee and oatmeal? Or better yet, coffee in oatmeal.
I don’t know about you, but I am always in the mood for a nice large caramel macchiato any time of the day, especially when I need a little extra energy to get through the day.
I am pretty dang proud of using the caramel macchiato flavor in oatmeal because it tastes exactly like the real thing.
4 Ingredient Caramel Macchiato Overnight Oatmeal
This Caramel Macchiato Oatmeal is seriously the whole package, coffee and breakfast in one! Talk about creamy, gooey caramel and coffee goodness all in a delicious and easy breakfast. Now you can have your coffee and breakfast and eat it too.
4 Ingredient Caramel Macchiato Overnight Oatmeal
Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup cold coffee
- 1/2 cup vanilla greek yogurt or dairy-free alternative
- 1-2 tbsp of your favorite healthy caramel sauce* link below
- Topping
- More vanilla greek/dairy-free yogurt
- More Caramel for drizzling
Instructions
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Mix all ingredients in a bowl and serve right away or let sit in the fridge overnight.
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Add topping right before serving
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The recipe to the healthy caramel sauce can be found here
This is the Caramel Sauce we used
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Making cupcakes for a christmas eve family party has been a tradition of my ever since I knew how to use an oven. I usually like to get creative and come up with cool unique flavors. This year is going to be a little different because I’m making healthy cupcakes. I’m sacrificing artificial ingredients, added sugars, and
artery clogging fat, without sacrificing flavor. And I’m 99% sure my family will not even notice it. They will only be focused on the dense doughy texture, the sweet caramel inside and the cinnamon-sugary glaze on top!
Vegan Caramel Snickerdoodle Cupcakes
Makes 12 cupcakes
- 2 cups gluten-free oat flour
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar
Filling
- The Vegan 8’s Sweet Potato Caramel (doubled the recipe)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, combine oat flour, coconut sugar,baking soda and cinnamon. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl combine water, coconut oil, apple sauce, vanilla and apple cider vinegar. Mix well and stir into dry ingredients.
- Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and spoon batter into 12 muffin slots about 2/3 full.
- Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until done.
Cinnamon-Sugar Glaze
- 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- Coconut sugar for sprinkling
1. Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl and spread on cupcakes, sprinkle with coconut sugar
Health Benefits
- All-natural ingredients
- No artificial ingredients
- No processed ingredients
- No preservatives
- Refined sugar-free
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Egg-free
- Vegan
- High in fiber
- Vegetarian
Thanks to Jenn for linking up! Merry Christmas!
We have have our favorite flavors, for some it could be chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, but for me, its salted caramel. What’s better than that, salted caramel and coffee, let me tell you, they are amazing together. I wanted to make something that combined my two favorite flavors into a clean, healthy, luscious dessert, so yeah, i did. Salted Caramel Cappuccino mousse, everyone, heavenly. You won’t even guess it’s healthy either, nothing processed, 100% clean, all natural ingredients. I am so happy to have found an all natural, unrefined raw cane sugar, called Chancaca from Karis Naturals that taste exactly like brown sugar to help this recipe reach an iressistable caramel flavor, it’s my new favorite product, especially because it’s pure and much sweeter than sugar, so you only have to use a fraction of refined sugar! Also They have an awesome Pure Pink Bolivian Salt which I also adore because it’s so flavorful that you, again like the sugar, only need an extremely small amount for big flavor, and it’s all-nautral unrefined! So get yourselves some of this Chancaca sugar and Pure Pink Salt from Karis Naturals and make this wonderful mousse! You will be WOWED! 🙂
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Salted Caramel Cappuccino Mousse
- 12.3 oz firm tofu
- 10 dates, soaked in water for at least 2 hours
- 1/8 tsp. Pure Natural Pink Salt (I used Karis Naturals)
- 2 Tbsp. unrefined cane sugar( I used Chancaca)
- 1 tsp. instant coffee granules
- Place tofu, drained dates, slat, sugar and coffee granules in a food processor. Blend for about 30 seconds, or until smooth.
- Sprinkle with a little more Chancaca if desired!
Health Benefits
- Fiber
- Protein
- All-natural
- 100% clean
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Antioxidants
- Low-glycemic
- No processed ingredients
- No refined sugar
- No artificial ingredients
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
The three best flavor combinations are as follows: Peanut Butter and Chocolate, Blueberry and Lemons, and the best of all, Caramel and apples! I haven’t done a recipe with this amazing combo before so I thought I’d give it a shot! But I wondered, what can I make that is unique, healthy and tasty??? Did some thinking and came up with the idea of incorporating these flavors into a Napoleon-style cake, and boy was that a great idea! A napoleon is like a mini-layered cake, but this one, of course is 100% clean, all-natural, no-sugar-added, and a million percent out-of-this-world delicious! So if your looking to make something sweet,cinnamon, caramel, and crunchy, you’ve got yourself a true winner!
Caramel Apple Napoleons
Crust
- 2/3 cup oat flour
- 1/3 cup oats
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. honey/agave nectar
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1 egg white, whisked (or flax egg for vegan)
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
Filling
- 1 small apple, chopped
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 raisins, soaked in water for 2 hours
- 1/2 greek yogurt/ soy yogurt/coconut cream
- 1 Tbsp. crushed walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients for crust in a medium bowl. Stir well, or until mix is completely combined and smooth.
- Spray cooking spray on a jelly roll pan. Spread crust mixture thin on bottom of pan.Bake for about 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
- Combine apple and cinnamon in a small bowl and microwave for about 3 minutes, or until apples are soft.
- Drain the raisins and place in a food processor. Blend for about 30 seconds, or until raisins are a paste.
- Let crust cool and cut into 6 even rectangles.
- To assemble place on rectangle on the bottom then layer with greek yogurt (about 2 Tbsp.) and apples. Then top with another rectangle with more greek yogurt and apples. Then add another rectangle and add caramel (raisins) and walnuts on top.
- Repeat with remaining ingredients for the second napoleon.
- Enjoy!
Health Benefits
- Fiber
- Protein
- Healthy fats
- 100% clean
- All-natural
- No preservatives
- No added sugar
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Antioxidants
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
