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BAKED APPLES STUFFED WITH DRIED FRUIT AND PECANS



Baked Apples Stuffed with Dried Fruit and Pecans image

Categories     Dessert     Bake     Christmas     Yogurt     Currant     Apple     Apricot     Pecan     Nutmeg     Gourmet

Number Of Ingredients 13

4 (6-oz) red apples such as Gala or Rome Beauty
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots
2 tablespoons dried currants
2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted
2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon unsalted butter (1/2 tablespoon softened and 1/2 tablespoon cut into 4 pieces)
1/2 cup unfiltered apple cider
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup low-fat vanilla or maple yogurt
Special equipment: an apple corer

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Core apples with corer. Stand apples up and make 4 evenly spaced vertical cuts starting from top of each apple and stopping halfway from bottom to keep apple intact. Brush inside of apples with lemon juice and stand apples in a 9-inch ceramic or glass pie plate.
  • Toss together apricots, currants, 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.
  • 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.
  • Transfer to serving dishes and spoon sauce over and around apples. Serve with dollops of yogurt.

BAKED STUFFED APPLES



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Combining the best of two recipes gave us this delicious fall dessert. I served the stuffed apples in a waffle bowl. Serve warm with ice cream or half-and-half if desired, spooning the sauce from the baking dish over the ice cream.

Provided by midwestchef

Time 1h5m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

⅓ cup dried cranberries
⅓ cup toasted sliced almonds
¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 ½ tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 large baking apples, cored
¼ cup water

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Mix cranberries, almonds, butter, brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Fill each apple cavity evenly with the mixture and place in a baking dish. Add water to the leftover filling and pour around apples.
  • Bake in the preheated oven, basting twice with the liquid from the baking dish, until apples are tender, 50 to 60 minutes. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 361.8 calories, Carbohydrate 53.3 g, Cholesterol 30.5 mg, Fat 17.9 g, Fiber 7.2 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 6.5 mg, Sugar 42.2 g

MAPLE BAKED APPLES WITH DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS



Maple Baked Apples with Dried Fruit and Nuts image

Provided by Claudia Fleming

Categories     Fruit     Nut     Dessert     Bake     Thanksgiving     Vegetarian     Kid-Friendly     Back to School     Dried Fruit     Fig     Apple     Cherry     Almond     Pecan     Fall     Winter     Small Plates

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons roughly chopped dried cherries
3 tablespoons chopped dried figs
2 tablespoons roughly chopped sliced toasted almonds
2 tablespoons roughly chopped toasted pecans
6 large, firm baking apples, such as Cortlands, cored but not peeled
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
1/2 cup apple cider
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, dried fruit, and nuts.
  • 2. Place the apples in a baking pan or casserole dish and stuff their cavities with the fruit and nut mixture. Place a piece of butter on top of the stuffing.
  • 3. Pour the apple cider and maple syrup into the bottom of the baking pan and bake the apples, basting every 5 to 7 minutes, until they are tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
  • 4. When the apples are tender, transfer them to a serving platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Pour the pan juices into a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Simmer the mixture until it becomes syrupy and reduces to a sauce, about 10 minutes. Serve over the apples.
  • Serving Suggestions
  • Serve with yogurt, whipped crème fraîche, or ginger ice cream.

EASIEST EVER BAKED STUFFED APPLES



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Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

4 McIntosh apples
1/2 lemon
4 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup whole-grain cereal with dried fruit (recommended: Mueslix)
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 pint vanilla ice cream

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Trim the tops and scoop out the center and the seeds of each apple and rub the edges of the trimmed fruit with the lemon. In a medium bowl, combine the butter, cereal, sugar, and walnuts. Fill the apples with the cereal mixture. Set the apples upright in muffin tins and bake until tender and bubbly, about 20 minutes. Transfer to serving dishes, top with ice cream and serve hot.

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