Making Baked Apples

When was the last time you made Baked Apples? 

I adore Baked Apples and have not made them in ages.

I had a few extra apples in the house and I thought, let's give it ago.

I've never used a recipe in the past, that I can remember...but I looked on pinterest for a few ideas.

There are many ways to stuff and bake an apple and after reading through a few recipes,

I decided on a recipe from Simply Recipe that you can find here.

The ingredients are quite simple...

* 4 Apples - Rome Beauty or Red Delicious

  * 1/4 cup of brown sugar

   * 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

                                                        * chopped raisins or pecans                                                  

* 1 tablespoon of butter

* 3/4 cups boiling water

 

I used the recipe as a guide...I did not measure anything and I did not add any raisins or nuts.

The rest is simple.

- gather all of your supplies and ingredients -

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees...rinse and dry apples.

Using a sharp paring knife cut out the core of each apple leaving the bottom 1/2 inch intact.

I also used a spoon to be sure I was scooping out all the seeds and core that needed to go.

I rinsed them again to be sure the entire cavity was cleaned out.

Fill with butter, brown sugar, another pat of butter, then sprinkle cinnamon on top.

Place the apples into a baking dish, and pour 3/4 cup of boiling water into the bottom of the dish.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes.

They were so delicious...super sweet!

I ate mine plain...

but the hubs went all in with whipped cream.

I saw so many variations on making these, some were quite elaborate.

Some recipes suggested using honey or maple syrup, many added nuts, all included a bit of butter. 

I read a few recipes that included rolled oats, I thought that sounded interesting but I did not have any.

ooooh and the house smelled scrumptious!