Baked Apple -- an old fave updated

We love pie filling. To me it's the greatest thing. Never been into pie because I'm not excited about the pie crust. But always liked the inside part. Since it's seen as bad manners to just eat the middle and leave the crust, we cut to the chase as it were, and get more bang for our buck. Ta da, pie filling!

I make this dish in a fabulous cast iron covered beast I call Nemesis, but I say it with great affection.

ingredients:

2 tbsp coconut oil
6 large organic royal gala apples (approx 8 cups cut into large chunks)
1 cup organic thompson raisins
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground vanilla bean
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon


directions:

1. melt coconut oil in covered oven proof dish that is large enough for all the ingredients.
2. combine the ingredients in the melted oil.
3. bake for 1 hour at 345.


This tastes like pie minus the pie of course. So yummy. Great for breakie or dessert.