Saturday, January 7, 2012

Apple-Gingerbread Parfait


To make some extra cash this winter break, I've been employed -- by my mother. She has three different folders and binders, filled with thousands of recipes, and my job is to go through each one, and sort, consolidate, and condense the recipes.

I came across this recipe during my sorting, and I just had to stop what I was doing to make it.

What You Need:
butter (I used earth balance vegan spread)
an apple
sugar
cinnamon
about 3 gingersnap cookies
low-fat vanilla greek yogurt

How to Make It:
1. Heat butter in a skillet.
2. Saute fresh apple slices for 5 minutes. Then stir in the sugar and cinnamon, and cook 5 more minutes, or until a syrup begins to form.
3. Crush gingersnap cookies. (I put mine in a ziploc plastic bag and crushed them that way).
4. Choose a cup or bowl for serving. Sprinkle the bottom with some of the crushed gingersnaps.
5. Stir the rest of the crushed gingersnaps in with the apple mixture.
6. Layer apple mixture with yogurt, and garnish with gingersnaps, whole or crushed.

The gingersnaps taste like winter, but the apples will remind you of fall.

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