Cinnamon Cranberry Apple Crisp

Today's post is brought to you by Earth Balance. All opinions are 100% mine.

One of my closest friends is vegan and a hard core sweets addict. This combination makes the holidays especially difficult. Between Thanksgiving and the December holidays, there is a constant barrage of treats.

Unfortunately for her, almost every time she inquires about ingredients, she is faced with a laundry list of butter, eggs, milk, chocolate, and other non-vegan friendly products. It's torture. So this year, we set out to do things a little differently so she wouldn't have to nearly cry in the corner dreaming of a vegan friendly dessert.

We decided to make our favorite holiday goodies and swap up traditional ingredients for plant-based alternatives and see if anyone even noticed. Spoiler alert. No one had a clue. This isn't surprising either. According to this recent Sneaky Chefs study conduced by Earth Balance, nearly half of people don't notice when the "real thing" is replicated with a plant based alternative. And whether they notice or not, 74% of people enjoyed it either way.

Being someone who loves butter, I wanted to try swapping in Earth Balance in a recipe where I feel like the butter makes a big difference - Apple Crisp. To my surprise, the Earth Balance buttery spread, was a perfect replacement. You still got the caramel notes you want from the butter and brown sugar. It added just enough richness and the crust still got nice and golden brown. Seriously, not one person suspected that we had made a swap. It was delicious.

And just in case you still aren't convinced, check out these video for Jalapeno Cranberry Cornbread. It is so good.

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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Earth Balance. The opinions and text are all mine.