Spiced Baked Apples With Maple Caramel Sauce

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1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • 4teaspoons unsalted butter, more for pan
  • 4tart baking apples, like Winesap or Empire
  • â…“cup plus 4 teaspoons maple syrup
  • 4teaspoons brown sugar
  • 4teaspoons chopped pecans
  • 4teaspoons chopped golden raisins
  • ¼cup dry white wine or water
  • 3cardamom pods
  • 2whole cloves
  • 1¼-inch-thick slice fresh ginger root
  • 12-inch piece cinnamon stick
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

272 calories; 6 grams fat; 3 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 2 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 53 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams dietary fiber; 42 grams sugars; 1 gram protein; 9 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    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 ¼ 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.

  2. Step 2

    Place 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon maple syrup into cavity of each apple. Mix together brown sugar, pecans and raisins, and stuff ¼ of this mixture into each apple. Pour remaining maple syrup and the wine into bottom of pan, and add cardamom, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.

  3. Step 3

    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.

Tip
  • Apples can be made without the filling of brown sugar, pecans and raisins.

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No sugar

I've made this many times over the years, and skip the brown sugar, pecans, and raisins because I like the simplicity of the apples with the delicious spiced sauce. The original recipe published in 2003 included brandied custard which makes this a holiday favorite of our family: https://approvedpromo.info/recipes/1754-brandied-custard%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3Cdiv class="noteactions_noteActions__VlyP0">


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