Festive Stuffed Dessert Apples
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
15 min.
Preparation
ready in 1 hr 25 min.
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Ingredients
for
4
- Ingredients
- 4 red Apple (such as gala or rome beauty)
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup dried Apricot (finely chopped)
- 2 Tbsps Golden raisins
- 2 Tbsps Pecan (chopped)
- 2 Tbsps packed, dark brown sugar
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp Nutmeg (ground)
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter (1/2 tablespoon softened and 1/2 tablespoon cut into 4 pieces)
- ½ cup Apple cider (or juice)
- ¼ tsp Vanilla
Preparation
Kitchen utensils
1 großer Plate, 1 Cutting board, 1 Small knife, 1 Citrus juicer, 1 Tablespoon, 1 Small bowl, 1 Whisk, 1 Small skillet, 1 Wooden spoon, 1 Teaspoon, 1 Large knife, 1 Small pot mit Deckel, 1 Paper towel
Preparation steps
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2.
Stand apples up and make 4 evenly spaced vertical cuts starting from top of each apple and stopping halfway from bottom to keep apple whole. Brush inside of apples with lemon juice and stand apples in a ceramic or glass pie plate.
3.
Mix together apricots, raisins, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Rub softened butter into dried-fruit mixture with your fingers until combined well, then pack center of each apple with mixture. Put a piece of remaining butter on top of each apple. Pour cider and vanilla around apples and cover pie plate tightly with foil.
4.
Bake in middle of oven, basting once, until apples are just tender when pierced with a fork, about 40 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until apples are very tender but not falling apart, 20 to 30 minutes more.
5.
Transfer to serving dishes and spoon sauce over and around apples.
