Baked Apples With Mint Food

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Scoop out the core from top of the apple, leaving a well. Do not cut all the way through. Stuff each apple with 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Place in a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until sugar begins to caramelize and apples are tender.

HOLIDAY BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut the core and seeds out of apple, leaving about a 1/2 in the bottom, creating a well-like hole. Mix 2 tablespoons brown sugar, butter, coconut, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl; fill well in the apple with brown sugar mixture. Place stuffed apple in a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until apple is tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer baked apple to a serving bowl and drizzle any remaining juices from baking dish over apple; sprinkle with 1 pinch brown sugar and cinnamon.

CARAMEL-BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 375° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Put the apples in a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof dish.
• Combine the cider, caramels, cinnamon, salt and ginger in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook, stirring often, until the caramels are melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour the mixture over the apples and bake on the bottom oven rack, basting every 20 minutes, until the apples are very tender and glossy, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Transfer the apples to a platter; transfer the cider mixture to a medium saucepan.
• For the streusel: Combine the brown sugar, flour, oats, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Using your fingers or a pastry blender, work the butter into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs form. Spread on the prepared baking sheet and bake on the top oven rack, stirring halfway through, until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool, then break into bite-size pieces.
• Bring the cider mixture to a boil over high heat and cook, whisking frequently, until thickened and reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream. Transfer to a bowl set in a large bowl of ice water. Once cold, stir in the buttermilk.
• Pour the cider cream onto a large rimmed platter and place the apples on top. Sprinkle with the streusel and dust with confectioners' sugar.

BAKED APPLES IN PASTRY

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 350F (160C fan forced, 175C conventional).
• Sift the flour, salt and spices into a large bowl.
• Cut the butter into dice and rub into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (I would use a food processor on pulse to do this).
• Mix in enought water to produce a smooth pliable dough.
• Divide the dough into six pieces and roll out into a square approximately 8 inches.
• Peel the apples with a sharp knife and carefully remove the centre cores with a apple corer.
• Chop the prunes and the apricots and mix these with the raisins.
• Place oe prepared apple into the centre of each pastry square, and fill the cavities with equal amounts of the dried fruit mixture.
• Brush the edges of each square with a little water and draw them up and around the sides of the apples, sealing them well with a little water and trimming off the excess pastry to give a neat finish.
• Roll out the pastry trimmings =, cut into decorative leaves and stick the leaves onto each apples for decoration.
• Glaze each pastry apple with the beaten egg and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
• Bake the apples in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot with the fresh cream and sprigs of fresh mint.

BAKED APPLES WITH MINT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Core apples and peel off a 1 inch strip around the hole on the top of each apple. Place apples in a shallow baking dish.
• Combine raisins, brown sugar, and mint leaves. Fill apples with the raisin mixture. Top the raisin filling in each apple with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 50 minutes, until apples are tender.

BAKED APPLES WITH MINT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Core apples and peel off a 1 inch strip around the hole on the top of each apple. Place apples in a shallow baking dish.
• Combine raisins, brown sugar, and mint leaves. Fill apples with the raisin mixture. Top the raisin filling in each apple with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 50 minutes, until apples are tender.

BAKED APPLES WITH MINT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Core apples and peel off a 1 inch strip around the hole on the top of each apple. Place apples in a shallow baking dish.
• Combine raisins, brown sugar, and mint leaves. Fill apples with the raisin mixture. Top the raisin filling in each apple with 1 teaspoon butter.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 50 minutes, until apples are tender.

CINNAMON BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Core the apples and pare a 1-inch strip of skin from around the middle of each to prevent splitting.
• Place the apples in two 10-oz custard cups.
• Pack the raisins into the apples.
• Mix the honey and cinnamon, pour over the raisins and into the apples.
• Top with butter.
• Cover tightly and microwave on high (100%) until tender when pierced with a fork, 3 to 4 minutes. If you prefer, they can also be baked at 375°F for 30 minutes.
• Serve warm with cream, if desired.

OLD FASHIONED BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Remove the core of the apples with an apple corer or small knife, leaving about 1/2" at the base.
• Peel the top one third with a vegetable peeler or sharp knife.
• Place apples in an 8" square baking dish or in another ovenproof pan that holds them snugly.
• Place 1 tbsp.
• raisins in each apple.
• In a small bowl combine brown sugar with cinnamon and add 1 tbsp mixture to each apple.
• Place 1 small piece of butter in each apple.
• Combine syrup with apple juice in a small bowl and pour over and around apples.
• Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 45-55 minutes or until apples are very tender.
• Baste a few times during baking.

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Thaw your puff pastry.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 *F.
• Core and peel apples **DO NOT CUT**.
• Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl.
• Place each apple on individual puff pastry sheet.
• Fill center of apple with cinnamon sugar mix.
• Cover apple on all sides with pastry.
• Place on greased cookie sheet.
• In a separate bowl mix wisk egg and brush egg onto pastry.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.