Easy Apple Burritos (Recipe)

This morning I attended a recipe club meeting that one of the mom's groups I joined hosted.  What's not to love?  Everyone brings a yummy dish and shares the recipe.  Then we all dig in and add new items to our cooking collection.  I see no downfall to this! 

This particular group meets once a month and tries to have a theme.  Today's theme was "Christmas breakfast traditions." It suggested we share what we do for Christmas morning or bring in a new dish that we want to try.  My past Christmas mornings were usually spent eating leftover cake, fudge and candies that my grandmother made from the day before.  Or usually just some hot cocoa because I was so stuffed from the ham, dirty rice, deviled eggs, various casseroles and more that I had consumed. 

This year in honor of being in my new home in a new city, I decided that maybe it's time for me to start a new tradition.  And I want it to be a healthier choice.  So I dug through my cookbooks on Sunday which I had just unpacked and found this one, "Easy Apple Burritos." 

When the word "easy" is listed in the recipe, I give it a second glance.  Easy it most certainly was!  And very tasty too!  So of course I had to share it with you.  Perhaps you will make it, love it and add it to your family traditions as well.

Enjoy the recipe, the photos and the simple, step-by-step instructions I provided below:


Easy Apple Burritos


(Note: This recipe modified from the Pampered Chef “It’s Good For You” cookbook)



3 Large Granny Smith apples (about 4 cups)

2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon butter or margarine spread

1 orange (for ½ tsp zest and garnish)

6-10 flour tortillas, medium size (I made 8 with mine)

1 bottle of “Magic Shell” caramel topping

Additional pinch of cinnamon for topping

1 large skillet pan for sautéeing

1 large baking pan – I used rectangular, glass pan

1 zest tool for the orange, (½ tsp of zest total)



I like to lay out all my ingredients before I begin.  It makes it so much easier!

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.

Peel, core and slice your apples to desired size and thickness. Keep in mind that you’re eating them within a burrito so use that as your guide.







Cook your apples along with butter, sugar and cinnamon in skillet pan for five or six minutes, until apples become tender.



Use a zester for orange until you have a ½ tsp. Add that zest to sautéed apples.



Lightly grease your baking pan. Spread your apple mixture into burritos. (I made 8 total with the above mixture).



Fold your burritos and tuck them in to keep apples in.



Bake uncovered for fifteen minutes in oven at 350 degrees.



Pour “Magic Shell” caramel topping over burritos before cooling. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of each one as well.



Garnish with remainder of orange, if you’re into garnishing that is.



Serve warm.  Enjoy! Very tasty. Low fat and low cholesterol without the high fat content or guilt that apple pie and other desserts have.   Mmmm..... I'm off to have another one now....