Categories: Fruit desserts
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- (Dash ground cloves, optional)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 same-size Granny Smith apples
- 2 Tbsp. butter, cut into 6 teaspoon size pieces
- 1 cup apple juice (or water)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
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Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.
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Core apples, making sure not to puncture the bottom of the apples so that the juices will remain. Remove skin from 1/2-inch around trop of apples at the opening.
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Fill each apple with a tsp. of butter. Place apples in casserole dish and pour apple juice around them. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from heat; garnish with fresh mint, and serve.
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Variations:
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Brown Sugar and Nuts:
- substitute brown sugar for granulated sugar and add 1/4 cup raisins and 1/4 cup chopped nuts.
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With Ice Cream:
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Bake apples as directed, then serve with vanilla ice cream and peanut butter sauce:
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1/3 cup peanut butter
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2/3 cup corn syrup
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Blend peanut butter and corn syrup together until blended.
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Red Hot:
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Sprinkle a few red hot candies in each apple before baking, omit cinnamon, cloves, if using,
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and nutmeg.