Baked Apples With Dried Cherries And Maple Caramel Sauce Recipes

SPICED BAKED APPLES WITH MAPLE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• 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 1/4 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.
• Place 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon maple syrup into cavity of each apple. Mix together brown sugar, pecans and raisins, and stuff 1/4 of this mixture into each apple. Pour remaining maple syrup and the wine into bottom of pan, and add cardamom, cloves, ginger and cinnamon.
• 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.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 330 degrees F.
• In a bowl, combine walnuts, raisins, ¼ cup melted butter and 4 tblsps sugar.
• Peel and core the apples, leaving them whole.
• Arrange them in a pie plate just large enough to hold them in one layer, and fill the cavity of each apple with ¼ of the walnut-raisin mixture.
• Sprinkle the zest over the apples with 1 tblsp melted butter and 2 tblsps of the sugar.
• Pour brandy around apples.
• Bake, basting occasionally, for 1 hour to 1 ½ hours, or until apples are tender.
• Keep warm, covered loosely.
• For sauce: In a saucepan, combine butter, sugars, salt and cream and cook over low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.
• Increase heat to high, boil sauce for 2 minutes, and let cool to room temperature.
• Divide sauce among 4 dessert plates and put apple in center.
• Top with whipped cream.

BAKED APPLES WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Core the apples. Using a paring knife, score a ring around the midriff of each apple, just cutting through the skin to prevent the apples from bursting during baking. Stuff the apples with the figs and almonds. Set on a baking sheet, and bake until puffed up and soft all the way through, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, put the sugar in a saucepan with a spoonful of water, and boil to a golden caramel, about 5 minutes, depending on how much water you've added. Do not stir the sugar with a spoon, gently swirl the saucepan over the heat until the desired color. You want a nice rich caramel color, but don't let it get too dark.
• Serve the baked apples warm from the oven with the sauce poured over and with a generous slump of cinnamon whipped cream or creme fraiche on the side.

BAKED APPLES WITH DRIED CHERRIES AND MAPLE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cherries and cherry brandy in bowl. Let stand until cherries plump, at least 20 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350° F. Using melon baller, hollow center of each apple half. Arrange apples cut side up in glass baking dish. Fill centers with cherry mixture, dividing evenly. Combine brown sugar, maple syrup and butter in heavy small saucepan. Bring to simmer, stirring until melted. Drizzle sauce over and around apples. Bake apples until tender, basting frequently with sauce, about 55 minutes. Arrange apples on plates. Place scoop of frozen yogurt alongside. Drizzle sauce over and serve.