Baked German Gingerbread Apples
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
8 apples
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
-
Apples
- 198.44 g box gingerbread (spiced Lebkuchen covered with bittersweet chocolate)
- 59.14 ml crystallized ginger, finely chopped
- 78.78 ml walnuts, chopped
- 14.79 ml honey
- 29.58 ml butter
- 8 baking apples
-
Honey and Water Syrup
- 118.29 ml honey
- 118.29 ml brown sugar
- 236.59 ml water
- 29.58 ml butter
-
Garnish
- 236.59 ml whipped cream
- 14.79 ml powdered sugar
- crystallized ginger, slivers
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Crumble Lebkuchen into small pieces and place into a bowl.
- Add crystallized ginger and nuts.
- Melt honey and butter in microwave together and add to bowl.
- Stir to combine and set aside.
- Core the apples without cutting through the base.
- With a knife or melonballer, remove some of the inside of the apple to make room for the filling.
- Place apples in a 12 x 7.5 x 2 inch baking dish.
- Spoon the prepared filling into the opening in the apples, packing it down lightly.
- To prepare syrup, combine honey, brown sugar, water and butter in small saucepan and bring to a boil; keep warm to brush on apples.
- Brush apples liberally with honey syrup and pour remainder around apples.
- Bake uncovered at 375° F for 45 minutes or until the apples are tender, basting occasionally.
- Let cool for 15 minutes.
- Whip cream with powdered sugar.
- Serve apples with a dollop of whipping cream and garnish with slivers of crystallized ginger.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mom2Rose
Flint, Michigan