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Baked apples

A delicious budget-busting dessert, serve hot with vanilla ice-cream...

★★★★★ 18 Ratings

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Difficulty: Easy
Serves 4
Gluten Free

Preparation

Total time: 40 Mins
Preparation time: 10 Mins
Cooking time: 30 Mins

4 apples (1 per person)
4 tsp demerara sugar (1 per person)
4 tbsp dried fruit (sultanas, raisins or anything else you fancy)
1 tsp cinnamon (or mixed spice)

Preheat oven 175'C/350'F/Gas mark 4
Scoop out the core from the top of the apple, leaving a well - do not cut all the way through
Score the skin around the centre of the apple, to stop the skin bursting as it cooks
Stuff each apple with 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of dried fruit
Place in a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon or mixed spice
Bake in preheated oven for 15-30 minutes, until sugar begins to caramelize and apples are soft
Serve with ice cream, custard or enjoy simply as they are

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You will need

Shallow baking dish - We love this one from Le Creuset. It's ideal for marinating, baking, roasting and serving and it's crafted from durable, chip-resistant enamel. Find it at Amazon in multiple colours for £39.

Reviews

★★★★★ 18 Ratings

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Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Healthy and delicious... perfect!

Reviewed on 21/10/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

These are delicious, so warming. A big hit in this household so a great way for a fruit portion of fruit a day...

Reviewed on 08/10/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Made these especially for my son, he loves Apple's and recently tried cinnamon, he's now a fan! These are delicious! He cleaned his plate, I'm thinking of making these for my guests for Christmas dessert, they look so good.

Reviewed on 05/10/15
Guest

★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

Absolutely lovely - and the kids gobbled them up at the blink of an eye!!

Reviewed on 04/10/15
Lorraine J(10)

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Ticks my box for healthy & ticks my sons box for a lovely pudding

Reviewed on 02/10/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

EASY AND DELICIOUS

Reviewed on 19/08/15
LouiseR

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

easy to make very yummy one of my daughters favs

Reviewed on 02/08/15
Guest

★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

Had totally forgot about baking apples (from my childhood) decided to try them again but with my own twist.. Used Coconut sugar instead or Demerara and used the raisins but also Apricots and nuts.. instead of ice cream used Greek Yoghurt with a lovely dollop of honey. Very healthy and I got a "Thanks Mummy" after. Bonus. Very cheap and easy too.

Reviewed on 02/08/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Healthy & Yummy :)

Reviewed on 08/07/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

this is cool

Reviewed on 29/05/15
Guest

★★★★☆ Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

quick and easy for such a great pudding. Let to cool a bit though! Served mine with custard. Went down a storm.

Reviewed on 09/03/15
Jo J(132)

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Very easy to make & tasty too

Reviewed on 02/03/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

These are so easy to make my kids eat them even when would normally turn their noses up to an old or slightly bruised apple. Results look like I should own an aga and live a perfect rural life when I don't awesome x

Reviewed on 26/02/15
LouiseR

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

dd loves these with ice cream

Reviewed on 26/02/15
Carol P(209)

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

So easy, and delicious. Everyone loved them and asked when we were having them again!

Reviewed on 16/02/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

This brought back memories of living at home and my mum making these. Really enjoyed this receipe although nothing tastes as good as when someone else (mum!!) has cooked it for you:)

Reviewed on 14/02/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

Love this recipe, a quick & easy one to make with the kids & a favourite with everyone in our house :) Perfect for winter warming!

Reviewed on 08/02/15
Guest

★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

This is a very quick way to make a wholesome dessert . It looks quite fancy when paired with a scoop of ice cream .

Reviewed on 04/02/15