Middle Eastern Baked Apples Food

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Ask a grown-up to turn the oven on to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6. Sit each apple on the worktop and push the apple corer into the centre of each one (or ask a grown-up to do this for you).
• Mix the sultanas, muscovado sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
• Stand up the apples, side by side, in a baking dish. Using your fingers, push a little bit of the sultana mixture into each apple, using up all the mixture between them.
• Add a blob of butter to the top of each and sprinkle over the demerara sugar. Ask a grown-up to put the dish in the oven for 20 mins or until the apples are cooked through.

BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, brown sugar, lemon juice and zest. Stuff apples with mixture and place in small baking dish. Add 1/2 cup cider or water and bake for 30 minutes or until tender.

MIDDLE EASTERN BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking dish. Place 4 tablespoons of the butter in a food processor with the sugar and honey. Process until well combined. Add all the nuts, currants, cloves, cinnamon and rose water. Pulse until the mixture turns into a paste.
• Stuff the center of the apples with the nut mixture. Rub the skin of each apple with the remaining tablespoon butter and sprinkle any remaining nut mixture over the apples. Bake until the apples are soft, about 30 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.