My Christmas tree with raisins and apples, scented with Sicilian oranges, and with the crunchiness of walnuts. Delicious, fat-free, and lightened with Greek yogurt, which, as those who know me, understand, I use to replace the fat in sweets like butter.
So, besides watching our figure, we also keep an eye on cholesterol.
You will find the dough procedure both traditional and with the Bimby.

Thought for you:

Cost: Very cheap
Rest time: 1 Hour
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 12
Cooking methods: Electric oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter and Spring, Christmas

29.90 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 29.90 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 5.00 (g) of which sugars 2.70 (g)
Proteins 0.78 (g)
Fat 0.78 (g) of which saturated 0.13 (g)of which unsaturated 0.09 (g)
Fibers 0.18 (g)
Sodium 3.11 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 12 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples

3 cups apples (weighed already peeled)
2/3 cup 0% fat Greek yogurt
1 1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 packet vanillin
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar (or 1/4 cup of stevia or 3/4 cup of erythritol)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (Or whole wheat or Fiberpasta)
1/3 cup chocolate chips
2 tbsps orange juice
1 packet baking powder (for sweets)
1/2 cup walnuts (weighed already shelled)
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup limoncello

My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples

Tools My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples

2 Small bowls
1 Bowl I knead with Bimby
Mold Christmas tree mold for 1 kg
Oven

Preparation: My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples

Prepare all the ingredients for both executions.

Preheat the oven to 350°F fan mode.
Soak the raisins 30 minutes before using them.
Peel the apples and cut them into cubes, drizzle them with the orange juice and limoncello. Mix.
Sift the flour, with the baking powder and vanillin. Shell the walnuts and chop them coarsely with a knife.
After soaking the raisins, drain them and mix them with the Greek yogurt and olive oil.
After preparing all the ingredients, in a rather large bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar or sweetener according to your taste.
Once whisked, gradually add the flour, and as soon as the mixture appears smooth and homogeneous, add..
the raisins with yogurt and oil and..
the chopped apples and walnuts, mix and..
Pour the mixture into the tree mold, cover with chocolate chips and..
Bake for about 55 minutes. Use the toothpick test in the center to see if it’s cooked.
At the end of cooking, let it cool in the oven with the door open.
Bring to the table once it has cooled. Here’s My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples, scented with Sicilian oranges, prepared in the traditional way.
Insert the butterfly whisk and whip the egg whites until stiff, for 3 min. speed 3.
Add the yolks one at a time and then the sugar or sweetener through the hole while keeping the butterfly whisk on, 2 min. at speed 3.
Remove the butterfly whisk and continue at speed 4 for 3 min, while adding the sifted flour with the rest of the powders through the hole.
Now add the apples with all their juice, the walnuts, the raisins with yogurt in the bowl, and insert the reverse and mix for 3 min. speed 2
Transfer the mixture into the tree mold, cover with chocolate chips.
Bake for about 55 minutes. Use the toothpick test in the center to see if it’s cooked.
At the end of cooking, let it cool in the oven with the door open.
Serve at the table once it has cooled.
Here’s My Christmas Tree with Raisins and Apples, scented with Sicilian oranges, prepared with the Bimby.