Warm, tender baked cinnamon apples, filled with a delicious mix of brown sugar, pecans, and spices. It's like a comforting, nutty hug for your taste buds.
Ingredients
Brown Butter Topping
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup all purpose flour or gluten-free flour
- ¼ cup pecans chopped
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
For apples
- 2-3 Apples such as Fuji
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup water
Toppings
- Vanilla Ice Cream
- Caramel Sauce or maple syrup or honey
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190 C / 375 F.
- In a saucepan heat the butter until boiling, browned and smells nutty.
- Remove from the heat and add to a mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar and vanilla then mix together.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, mixing again until combined. Pour in the chopped pecans and mix together until evenly distributed. Set aside.
- Take each apple and cut it in half from the stem down. Use a spoon or melon baller to scoop out the centre seeds and create a bit of a well for the pecan brown sugar mixture. Remove the stem as well.
- Take a baking dish and pour ½ cup of water in the bottom of the dish. Place each apple half inside.
- Sprinkle the tops of each apple with cinnamon and brown sugar. Then stuff each centre with the pecan brown sugar mixture. Packing well so it doesn’t fall out when baking.
- Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking for another 45 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 214kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 142mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 286IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg
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