Baked apples with yogurt balance warm fruit with a cool spoonful of plain yogurt. Choose firm eating apples and leave enough flesh around the cavity to hold them together.

This is a small home dessert, not a nutritional treatment. Baking time depends on apple size and variety; a skewer through the flesh is more useful than a fixed minute count.

Oats may have gluten cross-contact, and butter and yogurt contain milk. Keep the yogurt chilled until serving rather than baking it along with the fruit.

Sources and cooking guidance

FoodSafety.gov: safe minimum temperatures for cooked meat, poultry and egg dishes.