📋 Healthy Apple Pie Smoothie Recipe

2 apple pie smoothies in mason jar mug with green apples in the background

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📋 Healthy Apple Pie Smoothie Recipe

This Healthy Apple Pie Smoothie tastes like warm spiced apple pie, but it's actually good for you! Made with whole ingredients, healthy fats, and fresh and frozen fruit, this smoothie makes a healthy breakfast, brunch, snack, or even dessert! It's also ww friendly.

Course breakast, brunch, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, Canadian, North American

Keyword apple, apple pie, healthy, smoothie

Special Diet Vegetarian, weight watchers

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3

Total Time 8

Servings servings

Calories 294kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

2 apples peeled, cored, and sliced into wedges
¾ cup Greek yogurt
½ teaspoon butter extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup ice
2 tablespoon brown sugar
1 frozen banana
1 cup milk
2 tbsps water
2 tsps cinnamon
¼ teaspoon lemon zest

Garnish

light whipped cream (see Top Tip) - apple slice and cinnamon stick and sprinkles (optional)

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Instructions

Cook peeled, cored and sliced apples in water in microwave-safe bowl for 3 minutes.
2 apples
Drain apples through sieve and cool (while you are putting everything else in the blender)
Place everything in blender, including apples.
¾ cup Greek yogurt, ½ teaspoon butter extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup ice, 2 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 frozen banana, 1 cup milk, 2 tbsps water, ¼ teaspoon lemon zest, 2 tsps cinnamon
Blend on high for 30- 45 seconds (you may need to stop the blender at 15-20 seconds and use a spatula to scrape the sides of the blender).

Garnish

Garnish with whipped cream (see Top Tip) and additional cinnamon, lemon zest and a cinnamon stick and slice of apple, if desired.

Notes

Expert Recipe Tips:

Use pre-cooked apples for freezer packs: If you like to meal prep smoothies, cook and cool a batch of apples in advance, then freeze them in portions. This way, you retain the enhanced sweetness and save time during busy mornings.

Toast the spices (optional but flavorful): For a deeper, more “baked pie” flavor, lightly toast your cinnamon or apple pie spice in a dry pan for about 30 seconds before blending. This elevates the warm spice notes.

Blend twice for ultra-smooth texture: If your blender isn’t very high-powered, blend once for 20–30 seconds, stop, stir, and blend again. This ensures the apples and banana break down completely without overworking your motor.

Balance the sweetness naturally: If your smoothie is too tart from Granny Smith apples or lemon zest, try adding a date or a splash of 100% apple juice before reaching for more sugar or sweetener.

Chill your glasses: For a frosty café-style experience, place your serving glasses in the freezer 15 minutes before pouring in the smoothie. It helps keep it cold longer—especially if serving as a dessert.

Add oats for staying power: To turn this into a more filling breakfast smoothie, blend in 1–2 tablespoons of rolled oats. They’ll thicken the drink slightly and add fiber to keep you full longer.

Don’t skip the lemon zest: Even a small amount of zest brightens the apple flavor and mimics the tang you'd get in a good apple pie. Use a microplane to zest only the yellow part (not the bitter white pith).

For a creamier texture, use a mix of milk and yogurt: Balancing Greek yogurt with milk keeps the smoothie both creamy and drinkable—too much yogurt can make it too thick to sip.

🌡️Storage

Because the banana flavor tends to become more prominent the more time it sits, ideally, you would make this right before you want to drink it. However, you can store leftover smoothie in the fridge for up to 24 hours.

Freezing; If you pop this smoothie in the freezer for an hour or two after you make it, it has more of a milkshake consistency and makes a great frozen dessert! It will also stop the banana flavor from completely taking over!

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