Brown Sugar Baked Apples Recipes

Steps:

• Peel skin off top quarter of each apple. Using melon baller, scoop out core, leaving bottom intact. Stand apples in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Mix sugar and spices in bowl. Reserve 2 tablespoons mixture. Fill apple cavities with remaining sugar mixture. Spoon 1/2 tablespoon maple syrup into each cavity. Scatter 3 tablespoons butter pieces over apples. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour 1/2 cup water into pan with apples. Bake apples 35 minutes. Add reserved 2 tablespoons sugar mixture, 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 1 tablespoon butter, and 1/2 cup water to pan. Bake until apples are tender when pierced with skewer, about 25 minutes longer. Transfer apples to 8 bowls. Place baking pan atop 2 burners; boil over medium-high heat until syrupy, about 2 minutes. Spoon sauce over apples. Serve with whipping cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Core the apples, leaving the bottom intact.
• In a bowl, mix the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spoon the sugar mixture into the apples and set a teaspoon (or more to your taste) of butter on top of each apple. Place the apples in a deep casserole dish and cover.
• Microwave for 3 1/2 to 4 minutes or until tender. Let the apples sit for a couple minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Scoop out the core from top of the apple, leaving a well. Do not cut all the way through. Stuff each apple with 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Place in a shallow baking dish and sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until sugar begins to caramelize and apples are tender.

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a small baking dish with parchment paper.
• Place an apple half rounded-side up on a cutting board. Starting at the outermost edge, slice down most of the way (but not all the way) through each half at 1/8-inch intervals, creating fan-like slices all the way across the apple. You can place wooden chopsticks on each side of the apple to act as guardrails to make sure your knife doesn't cut all the way through.
• Arrange the sliced apple halves flat side-down in the prepared baking dish. Use a pastry brush to baste the bottoms, tops and between the slices of the apples with the melted butter. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle all over the apples and into the slits. Bake on the center rack until the apples are tender and lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Squeeze juice from lemon halves into a large bowl with 2 cups cold water.
• Peel top third of each apple.
• With a small knife and working from the top of each apple, carefully carve out a large"bowl," including the core, about 2 inches in diameter, leaving the bottom of apple intact.
• Reserve all cut-away pieces.
• Place carved apples in lemon water.
• Chop cut-away apple pieces into small chunks, removing any core or seeds.
• Toss with 3 tablespoons honey and cinnamon; set aside.
• Combine remaining 9 tablespoons honey with 1/2 cup hot water and stir until well blended.
• Stand apples, cut side up, in a 9" x 9" shallow baking dish.
• Place 1 teaspoon butter in bowl of each apple and pour honey and water mixture on top.
• Cover dish with foil and bake until tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring 1 3/4 cups water and a pinch of salt to a boil.
• Add oatmeal and apple pieces, and stir until mixture returns to a boil; reduce heat and cover.
• Cook until tender, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Remove apples from oven and carefully fill with oatmeal mixture.
• Top with brown sugar.
• Place under the broiler 1 minute, just until light brown sugar is bubbly and dark brown.
• Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Mix raisins and brown sugar together in a small bowl.
• Stand apples upright on bottom of slow cooker, and spoon raisin-brown sugar mixture into centers of apples, dividing evenly.
• Sprinkle stuffed apples with cinnamon, and dot with butter.
• Add water along edge of slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low 3-5 hours, or on high 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours, or until apples are tender, but not collapsing.
• Serve warm as is, or with ice cream, or frozen yogurt.