Best Cinnamon Poached Apples With Toasted Walnuts Recipes

CINNAMON POACHED APPLES

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For a lighter holiday dessert, try these spicy and sweet apples. They're refreshing served chilled, but my family also likes them served warm.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/4 cup red-hot candies
6 small tart apples, peeled and cored

Steps:

In a large saucepan, bring the sugar, water and red-hots to a boil. Cook and stir until red-hots are dissolved, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat; carefully add apples. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or just until apples are tender, turning once., With a slotted spoon, remove apples to a large bowl. Bring syrup to a boil; cook, uncovered, until reduced to about 1-1/2 cups. Cool. Pour syrup over apples; cover and refrigerate until serving.

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POACHED APPLES WITH VANILLA CINNAMON SYRUP

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Provided by Tyler Florence

Categories dessert

Time 1h

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

4 granny smith apples, peeled with the stem on
3 cups of sugar
2 vanilla beans, split and scraped
4 cinnamon sticks
2 quarts of water
Juice of one lemon

Steps:

In a roomy one gallon pot place peeled apples, vanilla, cinnamon and sugar. Cover with water then bring to a simmer over medium to low heat for twenty minutes. Once the apples are soft enough, pierce with a knife. Remove the apples with a slotted spoon to a holding plate. Reduce poaching liquid to a light syrup, then place the apples back in sauce pot and hold on warm until ready to serve.
Use four small serving bowls with matching underliner plates then place one apple in the middle of each bowl. Pour warm syrup over each apple and then garnish cinnamon sticks and vanilla beans.

CINNAMON SPICED APPLES

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If you're feeling festive, scoop some vanilla ice cream over a bowl of my cinnamon spiced apples. They're homey, aromatic and just plain heavenly. -Amie Powell, Knoxville, Tennessee

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 3h15m

Yield 6 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into eighths
1/4 cup butter, cubed

Steps:

In a small bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients. Place apples in a greased 5-qt. slow cooker; add sugar mixture and toss to coat. Top with butter. Cook, covered, on low 3-4 hours or until apples are tender, stirring halfway through cooking.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181 calories, Fat 6g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 15mg cholesterol, Sodium 48mg sodium, Carbohydrate 34g carbohydrate (29g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 0 protein.