Peanut Butter Apple Nachos

• 3 medium apples, crisp, like Honeycrisp or Gala
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
  Swaps for lemon juice

  Instead of lemon juice

  • Lime juice: The same amount. A different, more floral aroma; works almost everywhere.
  • Bottled lemon juice: The same amount. More sour and flatter; fine in cooking and baking, less bright in dressings and drinks.
  • White wine vinegar or white vinegar: Half as much. Sharper, with no citrus aroma.

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• 1 cup water, cold
• ¼ cup peanut butter, creamy ≈ 65 g
  Swaps for peanut butter

  Instead of peanut butter

  • Sunflower seed butter: The same amount. Earthier and a little sweeter.
  • Almond or cashew butter: The same amount. Milder and less salty (add a pinch of salt).
  • Soy nut butter: The same amount. Close in taste and texture; contains soy.

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  Cooking for an allergy? Check every label.

• 1 tbsp honey
  Swaps for honey

  Instead of honey

  • Maple syrup: The same amount. Thinner, with a maple flavor; a little less sweet.
  • Agave syrup: A little less (about ¾ the amount). Sweeter and very neutral; thinner.
  • Light corn syrup or golden syrup: The same amount. Less sweet and neutral (golden syrup tastes buttery).

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  Don't give honey, even baked into food, to babies under 1 year old.

• ¼ cup granola, use certified gluten-free if needed
• 2 tbsp mini chocolate chips
  Swaps for mini chocolate chips

  Instead of chocolate and chocolate chips

  • Semisweet and bittersweet: The same amount, either way. Bittersweet is less sweet and more intense; semisweet is milder and sweeter.
  • Chopped bar chocolate for chips: The same weight (a 12 oz bag of chips is about 2 cups). Melty puddles and streaks instead of neat chips.
  • Chips for bar chocolate when melting: The same weight. Chips melt thicker and less smoothly, so ganache and glazes are a bit stiffer.

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• 1 pinch ground cinnamon (optional)
  Swaps for ground cinnamon

  Instead of cinnamon

  • Pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice: The same amount. Mostly cinnamon, with ginger, nutmeg and allspice or cloves: a little spicier.
  • Ground allspice or nutmeg: About ¼ the amount. Much stronger and different, but warm in the same way.

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