Baked Apples

Baked Apples!!

A dear friend of ours stayed at our house this whole week.

 One of the things we did was make gluten free baked apples with her.

They were a wonderful treat.

I got the recipe off of this website and adapted it. :)

With the sweetness of the apple mixed with the warm spiced filling,

 this dessert makes for a delightful treat

to warm you up during the cold weather. Enjoy!

Gluten Free Baked Apples

Adapted from this recipe

Ingredients:

12 large tart baking apples, (we used Granny Smith)

¼ cup honey

½ cup maple syrup

3 teaspoons cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground clove

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon salt

¾ cup chopped pecans, and/or almonds, walnuts, macadamia nuts, pumpkin seeds, etc.

¾ cup currants or chopped raisins

3 tablespoon butter

3 tablespoon vanilla

1 lemon

enough boiling water to barely cover the bottom of cookie sheet

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

Wash apples.

Remove cores to ½ inch of the bottom of the apples.

(It helps if you have an apple corer, but if not,

you can use a paring knife to first cut out the stem area, and then the core.)

Use a spoon to dig out the seeds.

Make the holes about ¾-inch to an inch wide.



 In a small bowl, combine the sweetener, salt, spices, fruit, & nuts. 
Place apples on a cookie sheet. Stuff each apple with this mixture. 

 A tablespoon at a time, drizzle the vanilla as evenly as you can, onto the apples.

Squeeze the lemon juice evenly over each apple.

Top each apple off with ¼ tablespoon of butter.

Add boiling water to the bottom of the sheet.

Bake 30-40 minutes, until tender, but firm.

Do not overcook, as this will yield mushy apples.

Remove from the oven and baste the apples several times

with the juices that have gathered at the bottom of the sheet.

Serve warm alone or with vanilla ice cream on the side. :D