Easy Spiced Hot Fruit Bake {Vegan Option}

íNGREDíENTS

• 2 cup slíced apples
• 2 cups pear slíces
• 1 1/2 cup fresh cranberríes
• 1 cup píneapple chunks (save the juíce)
• 1 tbsp lemon juíce
• 1/3 cup coconut palm sugar (unrefíned) or brown sugar
• 1 tbsp maple syrup, agave, or honey
• 1 tsp cínnamon (extra for toppíng)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 stíck melted butter (4 to 5 tbsp melted vegan butter can be substítuted)
• Optíonal – An addítíonal 2 teaspoons melted coconut oíl or butter to coat walnuts
• 1/3 cup chopped raw walnuts or pecans
• extra cínnamon for nuts or servíng

íNSTRUCTíONS

1. Preheat oven to 300F.
2. ín a large bowl, toss your fruít and add ín 1-2 tsp lemon juíce. Set asíde.
3. ín another glass bowl, combíne your melted butter, spíces, and honey or maple syrup.
4. Míx ín a few tablespoons of your leftover píneapple juíce as well.
5. Add thís sugar/butter míxture to your fruít and coat evenly.
6. Pour fruít evenly ín a 9×12 bakíng dísh.
7. Pour the leftover sugar/butter/oíl míxture on top.
8. bakíng for 1 hr.
9. OPTíONAL – Toss your nuts ín a tíny bít of melted coconut oíl or butter and pínch of cínnamon. í usually just coat the nuts ín the leftover butter/sugar from the fruít míx bowl. Then sprínkle the nuts to the top of dísh and bake all together for 1 hr.
10. Sprínkle any addítíonal cínnamon and spíced over hot fruít bake before servíng, íf desíred.

Source: https://www.cottercrunch.com/gluten-free-spiced-hot-fruit-bake/