Best Baked Caramel Apples Recipes

BAKED APPLES IN CARAMEL CREAM

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar and water in a 9-in. square baking dish. Peel the top half of each apple; brush with lemon juice. , Place in the baking dish. Fill each with three caramels. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until apples are tender, basting every 20 minutes. , Carefully lift apples, allowing any caramel in centers to drip into pan, and place in individual dessert dishes. Pour sauce into a small saucepan; add cream. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until sauce is smooth and thick. Spoon over apples; serve immediately.

BAKED APPLES WITH RUM-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut thin slice off bottom and top of each apple. Using paring knife or apple corer, remove core from each apple.
• In 8- or 9-inch square microwavable dish, place apples upright. Pour 2 tablespoons water over apples. Cover with microwavable plastic wrap, folding back one edge or corner 1/4 inch to vent steam. Microwave on High 8 to 10 minutes or until apples are tender. Reserve 1 tablespoon cooking liquid. Cut each apple in half.
• Place 2 apple halves in each individual serving bowl. For each serving, spoon 1/4 cup ice cream between apple halves. In small bowl, stir caramel topping, 1 tablespoon cooking liquid and the rum; pour over apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 330 degrees F.
• In a bowl, combine walnuts, raisins, ¼ cup melted butter and 4 tblsps sugar.
• Peel and core the apples, leaving them whole.
• Arrange them in a pie plate just large enough to hold them in one layer, and fill the cavity of each apple with ¼ of the walnut-raisin mixture.
• Sprinkle the zest over the apples with 1 tblsp melted butter and 2 tblsps of the sugar.
• Pour brandy around apples.
• Bake, basting occasionally, for 1 hour to 1 ½ hours, or until apples are tender.
• Keep warm, covered loosely.
• For sauce: In a saucepan, combine butter, sugars, salt and cream and cook over low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
• Increase heat to high, boil sauce for 2 minutes, and let cool to room temperature.
• Divide sauce among 4 dessert plates and put apple in center.
• Top with whipped cream.

SPICED BAKED APPLES WITH MAPLE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a small cake or baking pan. Use a vegetable peeler to peel a strip of skin from around stem of each apple. Use a melon baller or grapefruit spoon to scoop out core of each apple, leaving at least 1/4 inch at base. Stand apples in pan and use a paring knife to make 6 vertical cuts surrounding cavity, being sure not to pierce through bottom of apple.
• Place 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon maple syrup into cavity of each apple. Mix together brown sugar, pecans and raisins, and stuff 1/4 of this mixture into each apple. Pour remaining maple syrup and the wine into bottom of pan, and add cardamom, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
• Bake apples, basting with liquid in pan every 5 to 7 minutes, until tender yet not collapsed, 45 minutes to an hour. Serve warm or at room temperature, with custard if desired.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease a baking pan just large enough to hold the apples.
• With a small knife, cut at an angle to enlarge the core opening at the stem end of each apple to about 1 inch diameter. (The opening should look like a funnel shape.).
• Arrange the apples in the prepared pan, stem end up.
• In a small saucepan, combine 3/4 cup water with brown sugar, nutmeg and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring. Boil for 6 minutes.
• Combine the walnuts and raisins. Spoon some of the walnut/raisin mixture into opening of each apple.
• Top each apple with some of the diced butter.
• Spoon the brown sugar sauce over and around the apples. Bake, basting occasionally with the sauce, until the apples are just tender, 45-50 minutes. Transfer the apples to a serving dish, reserving the brown sugar sauce in the baking pan. Keep the apples warm.
• For the caramel sauce, mix the butter, cream and reserved brown sugar sauce in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and simmer until thickened, about 2 minutes. Let the sauce cool slightly before serving.

HASSELBACK CINNAMON-CARAMEL BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lay apples cut-side down on your work surface. Make several thin slices into the apples, not cutting all the way through.
• Melt butter in a small pan over medium-low heat. Whisk in honey, coconut sugar, and cinnamon until well combined. Whisk continuously and adjust heat so sauce does not boil.
• Spoon a small amount of the caramel sauce into the bottom of a small baking dish. Place apple halves, core-sides down, over the sauce. Spoon enough of the remaining sauce on top to cover apples completely.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Spoon sauce over the apples and bake for 20 minutes more. Check apples with a fork to make sure they are cooked but still a little firm.

SHORTCUT BLOOMIN' BAKED CARAMEL APPLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Cut 1/4-inch-thick slice off top of each apple; discard. Cut out apple cores; discard. Starting at top of each apple, cut apple into 12 wedges, being careful to not cut through to bottom of apple.
• Place apples in individual baking dishes. Add 2 caramels to center of each apple. Combine sugar, flour and butter; spoon over apples.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until apples are tender. Cool slightly. Mix cream cheese spread and milk until blended; spoon over warm apples just before serving.

WARM BAKED APPLES WITH CRANBERRY-CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Using small end of melon baller, scoop out stem end and core of each apple, leaving bottom intact. Using vegetable peeler, remove peel from top third of each. Stand apples in 11 x 7-inch glass baking dish, trimming apple bottoms if necessary to create flat surface.
• Bring 3/4 cup cream, cranberry juice concentrate, sugar, and butter to boil in heavy medium saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Pour syrup over apples, adding some to hollow centers. Bake apples until tender, basting once, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, beat remaining 1/2 cup cream in medium bowl until peaks form. Chill whipped cream in bowl.
• Transfer each apple to shallow bowl, emptying any juices from center into baking dish. Pour syrup from dish into medium saucepan. Boil syrup until thick enough to coat spoon, 2 to 3 minutes. Spoon over warm apples. Top each baked apple with whipped cream.

BAKED APPLES WITH DRIED CHERRIES AND MAPLE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cherries and cherry brandy in bowl. Let stand until cherries plump, at least 20 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350° F. Using melon baller, hollow center of each apple half. Arrange apples cut side up in glass baking dish. Fill centers with cherry mixture, dividing evenly. Combine brown sugar, maple syrup and butter in heavy small saucepan. Bring to simmer, stirring until melted. Drizzle sauce over and around apples. Bake apples until tender, basting frequently with sauce, about 55 minutes. Arrange apples on plates. Place scoop of frozen yogurt alongside. Drizzle sauce over and serve.

CARAMEL SAUCE FOR BAKED MERINGUE APPLES

Steps:

• Combine 1/4 cup boiling water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Cook on high until caramel forms, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and slowly whisk in remaining 1/2 cup water at arm's length, being careful not to splatter hot caramel. Whisk until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla and cognac. Serve.

BAKED APPLES WITH APPLE CRISP YOGURT AND CARAMEL

Steps:

• In large microwavable bowl, place apples, and pour apple cider 1 inch up sides of apples. Cover with microwavable plastic wrap. Microwave on High 5 to 8 minutes or until soft. Reserve the juice.
• In small microwavable bowl, stir rum and 1 teaspoon of the reserved juice into caramel topping. Microwave uncovered on High a few seconds or just until warm.
• To serve each apple, spoon 2 tablespoons yogurt in bottom of serving bowl. Add 1 apple; fill center of apple with yogurt. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon granola; top with caramel mixture.

BAKED CARAMEL APPLES

Steps:

• Position the oven racks so that one rack is in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to convection bake at 375°F. Lightly butter a baking dish just large enough to hold the fruit.
• Peel the bottom half of each apple.
• Heat the sugar in a heavy skillet over high heat, stirring, until it begins to melt around the edges, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and stir until all the sugar is dissolved and the mixture turns a light caramel color.
• With a whisk, stir in the butter until the butter is melted into the sugar. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce is smooth.
• Pour the sauce into the baking dish to cover the bottom. Put the apples in the baking dish with the peeled side down and pour the caramel into the hollowed-out centers. Cover the remainder of the apples with caramel sauce.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 30 minutes. Using a pair of tongs or two spoons, gently turn the apples over and continue baking, basting two or three times, until the apples are tender, about 15 more minutes.
• Cool and serve the apples with the sauce spooned over them.
• Baked Pears
• Wash firm Bosc pears; do not core them, but trim the bottoms of each so they will stand up in the baking dish. Continue with the recipe from step 3.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Core the apples. Using a paring knife, score a ring around the midriff of each apple, just cutting through the skin to prevent the apples from bursting during baking. Stuff the apples with the figs and almonds. Set on a baking sheet, and bake until puffed up and soft all the way through, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the sugar in a saucepan with a spoonful of water, and boil to a golden caramel, about 5 minutes, depending on how much water you've added. Do not stir the sugar with a spoon, gently swirl the saucepan over the heat until the desired color. You want a nice rich caramel color, but don't let it get too dark.
• Serve the baked apples warm from the oven with the sauce poured over and with a generous slump of cinnamon whipped cream or creme fraiche on the side.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE AND ICE CREAM - NUWAVE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Place apple halves on a 4 inch rack. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake on power level HI for 4-6 minutes, let cool for 5 minutes. Place the apples on ice cream and top with caramel sauce and whip cream. Enjoy! Tips: If you remove skins, top with sugar and cinnamon and bake for 12-14 minutes on power level HI on a 1 inch rack. Mash apples for a great chunky applesauce.