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Whole Baked Apples with Cinnamon Sticks

on October 30, 2024

Ingredients:

  • 4 large tart cooking apples – I used Honey Crisp and Granny Smith Apples
  • 4 Tablespoons of light brown sugar
  • 4 teaspoons of butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
  • 4 cinnamon sticks

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

1. The hardest part of making this dish is coring the apple, because you don’t go all the way through.  Core apple to about 1/2 inch from bottom and then scoop out the core with a melon baller.  I find a melon baller works best for me.

 

         2. Peel the top of the apple, so it doesn’t split/crack during cooking and then place apples in an ungreased, oven-proof baking dish.

 

3.  Fill apple cores with 1/2 teaspoon of butter, followed by 1 Tablespoon of light brown sugar and top with 1/2 teaspoon of   butter.

4.   Sprinkle ground cinnamon in the core and on top of apples and then place 1 whole cinnamon stick in center of each apple.  Add water to the baking dish, about 1/2 inch deep.  Place baking dish in the oven.

 

 

5.  Bake for about 45 minutes.  Apples are done when you can pierce them with a fork.

 

6.  When apples are done, remove from the pan and pour the syrup into a saucepot, over medium high heat and bring to a boil.  We are creating an apple/cinnamon caramel.

 

7.  When serving apples – place apple in the center of a pretty dish, pour the syrup into the apple core and drizzle the rest over the top.

Enjoy!

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