Harvest Baked Apples

Submitted by startnover

"These are the best baked apples I've ever had. They are almost like individual apple crisps, and of course they must be served with a good vanilla ice cream!"

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 large apples, cored (McIntosh or Brayburns are good)
• 1⁄4 cup quick oats
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄4 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1/4 cup walnuts (optional)

directions

1. Cut all ingredients together in a bowl except apples. Place apples in a glass baking dish.
2. Stuff each of them as full as you can get them with the oatmeal mixture, sprinkling the remainder over the tops.
3. Bake in a 425°F oven for 20 min or till very soft.
4. Serve while still warm with vanilla or caramel ice cream.

Reviews

[lucid501]

Have made this twice now. Today I made a double batch (with 10 apples since they were small) and baked at 375 for 40 minutes or so since I had an egg casserole in the oven as well. Easy and so yummy!

 

[ahungrywolfe]

they were okay. not as much flavour as i would have liked. next time i'll try adding a bit of honey and some extra lemon juice and a little nutmeg. (lowering the brown sugar and butter, of course) i did like how quick they were. and i did them in my toaster oven for about 30 minutes. thanks!

 

[krisdecam]

This was really fast to throw together and it baked while we ate dinner so we could have it right after! I had everything on hand and it was just really really good!

 

[Food Snob in Israel]

totally easy to do (even without the apple corer) and tasted delicious. Just prepare to have the skin be hanging on and a bit messy...and the apples looking like they exploded a bit.

 

[UmmBinat]

I made one apple and was mixing Recipe #257522 & this recipe. I liked the fact that this one had lemon of which I used freshly squeezed and it complemented the topping and apple well. I doubled the oats and reduced the brown sugar to a 1/2 cup which was still pretty sweet. I wanted lot's of extra topping. I used canola oil in replacement of the butter as we are dairy free and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. I used blanched slivered almonds for the nuts but think pecans and walnuts are good options also and would like to try pecans next time. I sliced a thin layer off the top of each apple and dug out the core with a knife and rear end of a spoon. I made a horizontal cut through the apple so that it doesnt burst when baking. I stuffed the apple then mounded as much as I could pack on top and left the rest around the bottom. I put it in a 400F-425F oven but the topping around the bottom began to burn at 15 minutes so I had to take it out and ate it pretty aldante. This may be my oven but next time I would try baking at 350F. I ate it alone for breakfast but I know it would be wonderful with vanilla ice cream but I didn't have any. The cooking time at the top of the recipe is completely off. I may make this again with a lower temperature.