Easy Apple Breakfast Bake

This apple breakfast bake is made with einkorn sourdough and will nourish your family's stomach and taste buds! Delicious and easy, what a fantastic combination.

We had an exceptionally cool Summer day and it felt like the autumn weather was creeping in a little too early. I was surprised to realize that the cool fall weather felt welcome to me!

There is something extra special about fall baking, smells, weather, and events in the midwest! Especially when you can throw in the oven an easy apple breakfast bake and wake up the house with those delicious seasonal smells.

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What is Sourdough Discard?

Sourdough is often used for breadmaking, however, it has many uses and applications for baking and cooking.

A sourdough starter is a living organism of flour and yeast and it must be fed and allowed to ferment at room temperature. It can also be stored in the refrigerator to allow it to rest without consistent feedings.

However, when you are feeding the starter daily, you discard a portion of the starter in order to fit in your jar or container. If you continually feed it without discarding it, the starter will get overly large and it will become very expensive to feed!

For this apple breakfast bake, I am using two cups of sourdough starter or discard (same thing!) and it is poured over the apples. It creates a very unique flavor and a very yummy flavor at that!

What is the Best Sweetener to Use?

Around here we pursue a sugar-free lifestyle with the principles of Trim Healthy Mama. Does that mean that we never have sugar? No. We are just like anyone else and when our kids want a cookie at Target, we typically get them a cookie at Target.

However, we do find a marked difference in their behavior when we allow them to consume sugar when their body is not as used to it.

We still sweeten our food (after all, what is life without some sweetness!) we just chose to sweeten our desserts and bake goods with Gentle Sweet. Gentle Sweet is a stevia blend that does not have the bitter taste of many stevia blends.

I have also used monk fruit and a variety of other natural sweeteners in my sugar-free journey. Gentle Sweet continues to be my favorite.

What is the difference between apple crumb and apple crisp?

I struggled with what to call this dessert when I was making it because it was not a true apple crisp or apple crumble.

What is the difference?

The main difference between the two is that an apple crumble typically does not have oats in the topping. Apple crisp has a crunchy or crisp topping and uses brown sugar and oats to achieve this.

This apple breakfast bake doesn't quite into either category, so it became an apple breakfast bake!

There is no processed sugar, but there is little to no protein either, so if you are a Trim Healthy Mama, you will need to add protein to your meal.

Ingredients for an Apple Breakfast Bake

When we make anything with apples our favorite way to slice the apples is to use an apple spiralizer. My kids think this thing is an absolute hoot and beg to use it no matter what the occasion.

Hint - Don't ask me why but my kids will eat basically anything we use the spiralizer with. When veggies and fruit are spiralized apparently they just taste better!

5 apples spiralized or chopped (skin on or off is optional)
1 cup Gentle Sweet
1 cups oats
1 stick of Butter at room temperature or slightly softened in the microwave
2 cups Sourdough Starter or Discard
1 tablespoon cinnamon (additional for sprinkling)
½ teaspoon cloves

Pinch or two of mineral salt

Detailed Instructions for the Old Fashioned

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray or grease the bottom of a 9x9 baking dish.
3. Chop /peel the apples. The skin on or off is optional. I like to keep the skin on.
4. Layer the chopped apples on the bottom of the baking dish.
5. Mix the butter, Gentle Sweet, oats, cinnamon, mineral salt, and cloves.
6. Pour two cups of sourdough starter over the apples.
7. Add crumble to top and sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired.
8. Bake for 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Need more instructions on how to make this apple breakfast bake! No problem, watch me make it on Youtube below.