BHA & BHT Free Apple Slices with Coconut Butter
Fresh apple slices and a warmly spiced coconut butter dip sound simple, but the combination is genuinely craveable — sweet, creamy, and just a little zingy from the lemon juice. Packaged dips and spreads are some of the trickiest products to navigate when you're avoiding synthetic preservatives, since BHA and BHT show up in fats and oils far more often than most people realize. Every ingredient here is naturally shelf-stable or fresh, so there's no need to squint at a label or second-guess what's hiding in a store-bought sauce. The coconut butter gets loosened with a quick warm-water bath until it's silky and pourable, then stirred together with honey, Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, and a bright hit of fresh lemon juice. Ceylon cinnamon in particular has a gentler, more floral flavor than the common cassia variety, and it pairs beautifully with crisp Honeycrisp or Fuji apples. This is the kind of snack that feels a little fancy without any real effort — perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up or a crowd-pleasing appetizer plate.
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2 servings
- 2 medium apples (such as honeycrisp or fuji), cored and sliced
- ¼ cup coconut butter, softened
- 1 tbsp honey
- ¼ tsp ceylon cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- 1
If the coconut butter is firm, set the jar in a bowl of warm water for 3–5 minutes, stirring once, until it is smooth and pourable.
- 2
In a small bowl, stir together the coconut butter, honey, Ceylon cinnamon, ground ginger, and lemon juice until fully combined and uniform in color.
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