Apple Enchiladas

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Homemade apple enchiladas are an easy-to-make, healthy comfort food recipe. Try them hot from the oven!

Apple Pie Enchiladas, serve hot or cold for breakfast or dessert

There are just 8 ingredients for the classic apple dessert, and it’s completely vegan and oil free!

If you like apple pie, you will love these wholesome apple enchiladas.

They remind me of apple blintzes, but even better.

Serve them hot or cold for a delicious breakfast, or top each with homemade Coconut Ice Cream or Keto Ice Cream (or even this Oat Milk Ice Cream) for a healthy dessert.

Apple Pie Enchiladas Recipe

I also topped mine with homemade Coconut Caramel Sauce.

It was basically like eating a giant caramel apple covered in creamy vanilla ice cream and stuffed into a warm tortilla.

And while I know apples are normally a winter dessert, eating these enchiladas always makes me think of a summer fair.

They’d be perfectly at home alongside other typical fair foods like funnel cakes, popcorn, corn dogs, and deep fried oreos.

Or whatever they’re deep frying these days.

When I lived in Texas, I learned that pretty much any food you could possibly imagine can be deep fried.

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Apple Enchiladas

Anyway, but these apple enchiladas are BAKED, not fried.

Sorry, Texas.

This is culinary fusion at its finest. The hot-from-the-oven apple enchiladas give you all the cinnamony goodness of hot apple pie stuffed securely into a tortilla and baked to a bubbly perfection.

While traditional apple enchilada recipes can call for up to an entire cup of sugar and a large amount of butter, this version has been lightened up considerably, making it a delicious indulgence for dessert or breakfast.

For the optimum dessert-enchilada experience, don’t forget the ice cream!

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Apple Blintzes Vegan

P.S. In case you were curious, here is a list of some of the weirdest deep fried things to come out of Texas:

Coca Cola

Fruit Loops

Chicken Noodle Soup On A Stick (I have no idea…)

Beer

PB&J Sandwiches

Texas Sheet Cake

Butter (Yes, deep fried butter)

Bubblegum

Kool-Aid

Mashed Potatoes

Grasshoppers

I’m going to stop with this list now.

Because, yikes.

Easy Apple Pie Breakfast Enchiladas Recipe
5 from 4 votes

Apple Enchiladas

These homemade apple enchiladas are healthy comfort food, hot from the oven.
Total Time: 1 hour
Yield: 4 enchiladas
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Ingredients

  • 4 1/2 cups chopped apples (about 4 1/2 small apples)
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup or sugar (or scant 1/4 tsp uncut stevia)
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
  • four 8-inch soft tortillas, gf or keto tortillas if desired

Instructions 

  • Place 2 cups of the chopped apples in a medium saucepan with the water. Bring to a boil, then cook on low heat for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, combine remaining 2 1/2 cups apple with all other ingredients in a blender, and blend until completely smooth. After the 8 minutes, add the blender contents to the saucepan and bring to a boil again. Once it begins to boil again, turn heat to low. Cook 30 minutes, stirring very occasionally (about 3-4 times). Let cool, then put in the refrigerator, uncovered. Wait at least 4 hours before proceeding with the rest of the recipe, as this filling will thicken as it cools. For the apple enchiladas: Preheat oven to 400F, and lightly grease an 8-in square pan. Portion about 1/3 cup of filling in the middle of each of 4 tortillas, roll up, then stick into the pan (seam-side down). Cover with the remaining sauce. Bake 28 minutes. Serve warm or cold, with ice cream of choice.
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Notes

If you have leftover apples, use them up in this Apple Crisp Recipe.
 
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71 Comments

  1. Deanna says:

    Oh yum! I love apples (second to chocolate, of course 😉 ). Perfect timing for fall too. Can’t wait to try!

  2. Eating 4 Balance says:

    Oh my goodness Katie! These look incredible. They were one of the first posts to show up in my blog reader this morning and as soon as I saw the picture I just clicked… Didn’t even check to see who they were from. But I should have known 😉

  3. Miss Polkadot says:

    Apples, cinnamon and maple drizzle? Amazing. Coincidentally apple crumble’s been on my mind for the past days so these look like just another awesome idea. If only I could find non-sketchy ingredient-laden tortillas over here …

  4. Kelly @ hidden fruits and veggies says:

    I have a recipe for baked apple pie egg rolls that I love, but I’ve never seen apple enchiladas before! I don’t really like pie crust, so this sounds like another great way to get an apple pie flavor without the crust especially when topped with a scoop of ice cream!

  5. Laura says:

    These look delicious. There is nothing I like more than warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Beautiful pictures as always!

  6. Sim @ The Micro Harvest says:

    These look so yummy – what a great Fall dessert! I bet pumpkin-twist on these enchiladas would be delish, too.

    1. Laura says:

      You are speaking my mind about the pumpkin!

  7. Danielle says:

    Have you been reading Moosewood New Classics? They do apple quesadillas in there!

  8. Olivia@ OmNom Love says:

    These look amazing! Coincidentally, I had a breakfast almost exactly like this, this morning. Except I used a crepe instead of a tortilla and put cream cheese in the middle as well as apple filling. Can’t wait to try this recipe, seeing as how I have tons of apples to use up.

  9. Kelsey @ Fueling Strong says:

    These look amazing! I’m going apple picking in a couple weeks, so I’ll make sure to pick a lot more to make these!

  10. Andrea says:

    This looks really delicious! Please take no offense by this, but being of Mecican descent, i thought I would clear up what “enchilada,” really means, it’s pretty much anything drenched in a chili sauce. So, I would have to say this is more like a burrito or a “relleno” which means stuffed. Hope this helps. 🙂

    1. Liz says:

      Ah but the definition has changed over the years as different varieties have emerged. Now there are Enchiladas suizas (white sauce) and Entomatadas (tomato sauce). And now apple sauce!

      1. Andrea says:

        Yes, the varieties have changed over time, however; “enchiladas,” have still remained the same, they have always contained chile. Entomatadas and Suizas as you suggest still have chile in the recipe, hence why they are a variation of enchiladas.

        1. Amy McCann says:

          I was actually thinking empanadas. But to be that does it need to be an enclosed pocket? I love apple empanadas, so I thought of this recipe that way. It took 4 times of reading it before I realized she called it enchiladas, lol. I was kinda just excited for this recipe 🙂

    2. Nancy says:

      Thank the lord someone addressed this.

  11. jodye @ whole pure recipes says:

    You’re such a genius, Katie! The apple enchiladas look so comforting, and perfect for autumn! I’ve been making my own tortillas lately and this will be the perfect use for them!

  12. Tammela says:

    I am so excited for apple season. These look delicious!

  13. Suzanne B says:

    OMG……looks soooo delish! Yum…thanks!

  14. Taylor @ FoodFaithFitness says:

    I thought you had me at “apple enchiladas” BUT then I read that I can eat them for breakfast. Count.Me.In.

  15. Alexe @ Keys to the Cucina says:

    Wow these look so simple but packed with flavor. Also it’s apple pickin’ season so this is another great way to use up all the apples!