Stuffed Baked Apples
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 Granny Smith apples (peeled and cored, but left whole)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons butter (softened)
- ½ cup quick cooking or old fashioned oats
- ½ cup Heath Bits O’ Brickle
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- SAUCE
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup bourbon or apple juice
- 4 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Peel 6 apples and slice a small portion off of the bottoms so that they sit well without tumbling over. Place in a greased iron skillet or other heavy-bottomed skillet.
- Peel remaining two apples, core and dice into a medium dice. Combine softened butter, chopped apple, ½ cup brown sugar, oats, Heath bits ‘o brickle, pecans, cinnamon and salt. Mix well to combine.
- Stuff each apple with stuffing, filling the cavity and mounding it generously on top, pressing with the palm of a cupped hand to secure filling.
- Pour ½ cup bourbon or apple juice, and 4 tablespoons butter around apples.
- Place stuffed apples in preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until apples are fork-tender. Remove from oven and carefully remove apples with a spatula to a serving platter.
- For Sauce:
- Heat remaining juices (adding more bourbon or apple juice if needed), and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and stir with a wooden spoon and reduce liquid until it reaches a syrup-consistency sauce (thick enough to coat the back of a spoon).
- Serve warm with sauce and ice cream, if desired.
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