Baked apples are a versatile and easy dish to make with apples, butter, brown sugar, and raisins. They can be served with any meal and can be customized with different ingredients like nuts, cranberries, or cinnamon. They are a healthy dessert option and can be mashed into applesauce if overcooked.
Baked apples are an especially popular dish in the fall or harvest season. They’re simple enough to prepare and are a lovely addition to almost any meal. Indeed, they are unique in that they can go well with breakfast, lunch or dinner.
To make baked apples, you’ll need a baking sheet, apples, butter, brown sugar, and raisins. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Make sure you wash your apples thoroughly before you start preparing them for baking. Once washed, hollow out the stem and seeds from the apple using a small knife. Make sure you don’t hollow out the apple all the way, leaving a hole that extends from the top to the bottom. Rather, the hole you make should be a downward-pointing cone shape so that the top is open and the bottom is closed. If the hole extends all the way through the apple, the ingredients intended for it will fall out during the cooking process.
Now line up the apples in the roasting pan and add just a little water, about a quarter inch, to the bottom of the pan. Fill the core of the apples with raisins, a teaspoon of brown sugar and top them with a small brown sugar chip. Your apples are ready to go in the oven. The cooking time should take between 30 and 40 minutes.
When cooked apples are properly prepared, they will no longer be crunchy and can be eaten with a fork. However, if they are overcooked, they will become too soft and won’t hold their shape. This makes them difficult to serve. However, if you’ve accidentally overcooked your baked apples, you can simply mash them in a food processor and enjoy delicious applesauce.
Depending on your taste, you can add different ingredients inside your baked apples. They are delicious with pecans or walnuts. Additionally, you can add dried cranberries or dried cherries into the mix. Also, cinnamon is a wonderful spice to add to this dish. You can add cinnamon with the brown sugar before baking or sprinkle it on top just before serving. Baked apples are delicious hot, cold, or trendy. Furthermore, they are a very healthy dessert as they are low in fat, sugar and cholesterol.
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