Baked Apples With Apricots and Cashews

Submitted by Mirj2338

"Created for RSC #6. We love baked apples in our family, and are always on the lookout for interesting fillings."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 9 granny smith apples
• 1⁄2 cup applesauce
• 1⁄4 cup dark raisin
• 1⁄4 cup chopped dried apricot
• 1⁄3 cup chopped cashews
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup white wine (approximately)

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F
2. Partially peel 8 apples, leaving the bottom half intact
3. Remove the core (I use a melon baller)
4. Cut a thin slice off the bottom of the apple if necessary to make it stand upright
5. Place the apples in a baking dish
6. Peel the 9th apple, cut it into 1/2 inch dice
7. Combine the apple dice with the applesauce, raisins, apricots, cashews, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
8. Toss to combine
9. Combine the remaining sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl
10. Fill the apples with the stuffing
11. Place 1/2 teaspoon of butter on top of each apple
12. Sprinkle each apple with some of the cinnamon/sugar mixture
13. Add white wine to the baking dish to the depth of 1/2 inch
14. Bake for 1 hour or until tender, basting the apples occasionally with the pan juices
15. Add water (or more wine) if neccesary
16. Serve warm or at room temperature

Reviews

[MarieRynr]

These were really nice. An excellent dessert. I halved the recipe as there are only two of us and had no problems with that. I served them warm with pouring cream and my husband really enjoyed them.

 

[TOOLBELT DIVA]

I am having company for dinner on Sunday and wanted to serve a roast pork... What goes better with pork than apple sauce??? Why, Baked Apples with Apricots and Cashews, of course... So I cooked one apple to taste, and must say, IT IS PERFECT!!!! Absolutely delicious... Thank you!!!

 

[mary king]

this sounds like a great recipe for baked apples. we in my family love baked apples and this would go great with a pork roast or even a turkey supper. thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Pamela]

Yummy! I halfed the recipe to make 4 baked apples. This was a tasty dessert that the whole family enjoyed. I did use apple juice for the wine as I was all out and this was it was listed as a good substition. I used Mott's Pineapple/Apple sauce blend and it complimented the other flavours well. For the cinnamon I used recipe#45672. Thanks for sharing and good luck!

 

[Linda B]

We truly enjoyed this flavorful apple dish. The blend of apple, apricot, cashews, and wine was delicious. We really liked that each flavor was distinguishabe from the others...nothing was masked. Next time I will put the cashews on top because they were too chewy for our taste mixed with the stuffing. Thanks for this tasty treat!