Name: Apple Cinnamon Mascarpone Parfaits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 5 apples - peeled (cored and cut into cubes); 50 g butter - 3 tbsp; 70 g brown sugar - 1/3 cup; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 3 tbsp calvados or baked apple punch; 250 g mascarpone (/ 1 cup ); 250 g low-fat quark (/ 1 cup); 2 tbsp sugar or alternative sweetener; 3 drops of bitter almond flavor

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My easy Apple Cinnamon Mascarpone Parfait recipe feature a rich mascarpone cream and stewed cinnamon apples. Tastes like apple pie in a mason jar! An easy dessert perfect for the holidays. Jump to Recipe

Mascarpone Parfait with Cinnamon Apples – the perfect easy dessert for Christmas

These Mascarpone Parfaits with Cinnamon Apples are one of those desserts that can be done ahead of time and are very easy to make. You could also call these apple pie parfaits as they are literally tiny jars packed with apple pie filling and cream.

These parfaits are made with Mascarpone, a soft Italian triple-cream cheese, similar in texture to cream cheese but, well, richer. You can substitute regular cream cheese, but the parfaits won’t be as flavorful.

To lighten up our Mascarpone, we mix it with some Greek yogurt and sweeten it just a bit. A touch of almond essence is optional but I love it. We sweeten the cream a tad – you can use homemade vanilla sugar, regular sugar or any sweetener you enjoy.

The mascarpone cream gets layers with cinnamon apples that we sautee in brown sugar and butter mix. It smells and tastes like apple pie filling! So good!

Ingredients

apples
brown sugar for caramelizing the apples – you can use coconut sugar instead
unsalted or salted butter
white wine or calvados
cinnamon or gingerbread spice
lemon juice
Mascarpone
Greek yogurt – the thick kind
vanilla or almond essence for the mascarpone cream
sugar or monk fruit sweetener for sugar-free

I like serving my mascarpone parfait in little mason jars alongside a glass of homemade German Apple Mulled Wine. They just look so pretty.

Tips

You can replace white wine or calvados with apple juice
Instead of almond essence, use vanilla
If you like raisins, feel free to add some to the apple filling or add cranberries

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Apple Cinnamon Mascarpone Parfaits

These easy Apple Cinnamon Mascarpone Parfaits feature a rich mascarpone cream and stewed cinnamon apples. An easy dessert perfect for the holidays.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword mascarpone parfait

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 260 kcal

Ingredients

5 apples - peeled cored and cut into cubes
50 g butter - 3 tbsp
70 g brown sugar - 1/3 cup
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 tbsp calvados or baked apple punch
250 g mascarpone / 1 cup
250 g low-fat quark / 1 cup
2 tbsp sugar or alternative sweetener
3 drops of bitter almond flavor

Instructions

For the apples, peel, core and dice the apples. Put the butter, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon in a saucepan and simmer briefly without stirring.
When the sugar is starting to caramelize add the apple pieces and calvados. Simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring once in a while. The apple pieces should be soft but not completely overcooked. Remove apple chunks with a slotted spoon .Place in a bowl.
Simmer the caramel sauce remaining in the skillet for another 5 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Now add the pre-cooked apple pieces again and mix in the lemon juice. Put the pot aside and let it cool down.
For the cream, mix the mascarpone, yogurt, sugar or sweetener and bitter almond flavor. Layer in jars or glasses.