BUTTER-RUM BAKED APPLES

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Make and share this Butter-Rum Baked Apples recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Chef Shadows

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

8 golden delicious apples, with stems
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup dark rum
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 slices fresh lemon zest (2 by 1/2-inch)
8 whole cloves

Steps:

  • Preheat dutch oven to 450°F (hot).
  • Cut off top third of each apple and reserve.
  • Scoop out seeds and some of flesh from apples using a melon-ball cutter or round teaspoon measure to form a cavity (do not puncture bottoms).
  • Stand apples in dutch oven tightly.
  • Heat remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
  • Pour some of syrup into cavity of each apple and remainder into dutch oven.
  • Return apple tops to apples and cover oven.
  • Bake in oven until apples are tender, 25 to 30 minutes (place the majority of coals on the oven lid).
  • Makes 8 servings.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.7, Fat 7.4, SaturatedFat 4.6, Cholesterol 19.1, Sodium 9.7, Carbohydrate 36.9, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 32, Protein 0.4

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