These Instant Pot Fried Apples are my favourite dish at Cracker Barrel! Every time we visit the States and we are close to a Cracker Barrel restaurant, we have to stop in. These Copycat Cracker Barrel Fried Apples sprang from my love of that particular side dish option.
We hadn’t ever stopped at a Cracker Barrel until a few years ago, and once we did we were hooked! And now we have to get our fix at least one time whenever we visit the United States. We recently went at Christmas we made it to a Cracker Barrel again, gotta get my fix.
When my apple tree gave me more apples this year than I know what to do with, I decided it was time to make some copycat Cracker Barrel Fried Apples. Why they are called fried apples I can’t figure out, because I am pretty sure that in the quantities they have to make them for a large restaurant they are using massive stock pots of these suckers. Perhaps at one point they were fried up in a skillet.
Which Instant Pot should I use to make Fried Apples?
We recommend a 6 qt or higher Instant Pot such as the one pictured below. Certainly, this recipe should work with any kind of pressure cooker or Instant Pot but during recipe testing, this is the one we used.
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Prep 10 min
Cook 8 min
Total 18 min
Servings
You’ll need
Ingredients
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, combine the cinnamon, pie spice, brown sugar and cornstarch until it’s all mixed in completely.
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Sprinkle over the top of the apples. Pour the melted butter and apple juice over top of the mixture. Stir until everything is coated. Place in the instant pot.
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To pressure cook, use the high pressure option and cook for 3 minutes high pressure for thin apples, 5 minutes for medium apples and 8 minutes for very thick apples (if you use an apple slicer, these are the thick apples.) Manually quick release and either keep on
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Use the “keep warm” button or serve right away.
Nutrition per serving: 3437 calories
- Calories
- 3437 kcal
- Carbohydrates
- 580 g
- Protein
- 6 g
- Fat
- 141 g
- Saturated fat
- 88 g
- Cholesterol
- 366 mg
- Sodium
- 1332 mg
- Potassium
- 2313 mg
- Fiber
- 48 g
- Sugar
- 488 g
- Vitamin A
- 5135 IU
- Vitamin C
- 71 mg
- Calcium
- 657 mg
- Iron
- 6.5 mg
Nutrition is an automatic estimate and will vary with the brands you use.
Absolutely delicious. I used granny Smith apples and did not peel them. Better than cracker barrel…
Curious re amt of liquid in this recipe. Is it enough to allow pressureto build?
You bet!
I do not have Apple juice on hand. Can I substitute
Husband says was best cooked apples he’s ever had
Disagree on the amount of liquid. Have tried this twice, and neither time did the pressure build before the timer started and the cooking completed.
Sorry to hear it hasn’t worked for you, maybe your Instant Pot is different?
Any chance there is a way to do this without a instant pot? I have many appliances but not that one.
If you have a slow cooker, our sister site has that recipe: https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/copycat-cracker-barrel-fried-apples-slow-cooker-or-instant-pot/
Hope that helps.