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Baked Apples

Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Baked Goods, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 4 apples Use 1 apple per person.
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar Use 1 tbsp per apple.
  • 4 tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp per apple. More for sprinkling over apple.
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Toppings of your choice (nuts, raisins, or oats).
  • Butter, if desired. You can use vegan butter or margarin too.
  • Vanilla ice cream or whipping cream.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F
  • Hollow out the apples by using a pairing knife to slice around the top core of the apple. Make sure not to go all the way through to the bottom. Pull out what you cut and use a spoon to scoop out the rest.
  • Pour 1 tbsp of brown sugar into centre of each apple.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon in the centre of each apple.
  • Stuff with marshmallows.
  • Add oats, raisins, or nuts, if desired.
  • Top with another mini marshmallow or small cube of butter. Sprinkle with more cinnamon.
    Apples stuffed with marshmallows.
  • Place apples in a baking dish. Pour an inch of water into the baking dish around the apples.
  • Bake for 40-45 mins. After a half hour check to if the liquid has evaporated. If the pan is dry add more water.
  • Take out of oven and let the apples sit for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
    Baked apples just out of the oven.
  • Place apples on 4 plates. Top with ice cream or whipping cream. Drizzle caramel sauce over the apples, if you have it, or the sauce leftover in the baking dish.
    Baked apples topped with vanilla ice cream.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword baked apples, dessert, fruit