BAKED APPLES
Baked Apples - apples are baked with a stuffing. Easy to make, absolutely delicious with a tangy caramel sauce that develops when butter and brown sugar melts into the fresh orange juice. Best enjoyed warm.
Ingredients
- 2 large apples
- ¼ cup walnuts chopped
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 2 tbsp butter soft
- ¼ cup orange juice fresh
- ½ tsp orange zest
FOR THE SPICE MIXTURE:
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- ¼ tsp ginger powder
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg powder
- ⅛ tsp clove powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Take a ovenproof baking tray.
- Mix the spices for the spice mixture in a small bowl.
- Add to the spice mixture, butter, sugar, chopped nuts and raisins. Mix well.
- Wash the apples. Slice a bit of the top away. Core the middle using a paring knife or a corer.
- Fill the stuffing into the apples, heaping it till the top.
- Pour the orange juice over the apples and into the tray.
- Cover the apples and baking tray with foil.
- Bake for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes remove the foil and allow the apples to bake further for 10-20 minutes. Bake till you can insert a knife into the apple easily. Baking time will depend on the type of apples used. Mine took total 30 minutes.
- Take the tray out of the oven.
- Serve baked apples immedaitely. Pour the caramel sauce from the tray over the baked apples.
Notes
- If you omit butter altogether, there might not be much juice left after baking.
- You can serve baked apples topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or Greek Yogurt.
- To enjoy baked apples for breakfast add oats about 2-3 tbsp and also scoop out a bigger well.
- You can replace the juice with water.