Baked Apples with Pecans and Maple Syrup
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50 min
This winter dessert has an American theme to it. The apples are stuffed with pecans and oats, before being baked with maple syrup and apple juice. They are succulent, tender and packed full of flavour. Serve with cream, ice cream or custard.
Tina
6 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 4 large apples, peeled and cored
- 60g unsalted butter, softened
- 30g dark brown soft sugar
- 40g pecans, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons oatmeal
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 4 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 4 1/2 tablespoons apple juice
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:40min ›
Ready in:50min
- Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4.
- Mix butter, sugar, pecans, oatmeal and cinnamon together.
- Stuff apple cavities with the filling. Place apples in an ovenproof, tight fitting dish. If you have any leftover filling, place the mixture on the bottom of the dish and sit apples on top.
- Mix apple juice and maple syrup together and pour into dish. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. Baste every 10 minutes with the syrup and apple juice. The apples are ready when they are soft.
Oatmeal
If unavailable at your local supermarket, simply grind some porridge oats in a food processor.
