smooshy apples

Smooshy Apples! This delicious and quite simple breakfast will fuel you for the whole morning and takes only a few minutes to whip up - perfect if you are in a rush but craving something wholesome. The breakfast consists of toast coated with delicious goat cheese spread and cinnamon-apple topping. We made extra cinnamon-apple topping to eat a la carte with some homemade granola (see recipe below). The texture of the cooked apples is key to this embellished version of your classic toast with confiture combo. The apples should be tender and soft (slightly smooshy, but not soggy), offsetting the crunchy texture of the toast. 

Don't worry, its easy to do:

Chop up or slice the apples and cook them in a pot on medium heat with a spoonful of water and a little honey. Add a cinnamon stick broken into a few pieces (ground cinnamon will do too). If you like add nuts and/or dried fruit. We added chopped walnuts, pecans, almonds, and some chopped dried persimmon, because it's what we had, although raisins, dried cranberries, dates, or prunes might better complement the cheese and apples. Cook on medium heat until the apples are "smooshy" and the nuts are nice and toasty; around five minutes. Toast some bread (we used a whole wheat sourdough) but anything would be good. I especially think the chevre and apples would be great with a walnut or raisin walnut levain (ACME makes my favorite cranberry-walnut loaf of all time). Spread a generous amount of the chevre onto the toast, and top with the warm cinnamon-apples.

xox