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Baked Apple Recipe + Video
These baked apples are wrapped in flaky puff pastry and topped with a decadent salted caramel sauce. The Apple Bombs are easier to whip up than classic apple pie and just as delicious!
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 1031 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 large granny smith apples peeled and cored
- 2 sheets puff pastry thawed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12 caramel candies
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup demerara sugar
- salted caramel sauce for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Mix the granulated sugar, corn starch, apple pie spice and salt in a shallow dish.
- Cut both pieces of puff pastry in half so you have 4 rectangles. Use a rolling pin to gently roll out any cracks or creases. Then lay them on a large parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Roll 4 peeled and cored apples in the sugar mixture and set one in the middle of each piece of puff pastry. Unwrap the caramels and stick 3 caramel squares down in the center of each apple.
- To wrap each apple, pull the short sides of the puff pastry halfway up the side on the apple and hold them there with one hand. Then lift the longer sides up to the top and pinch the seams together on each side (over the short edges) to completely cover the apple. Pinch the excess puff pastry together at the top to seal, then arrange the flaps in a pretty way.
- Then whisk 2 eggs with 2 tablespoons of water and brush the egg wash over each apple. Sprinkle the tops with Demerara sugar.
- THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP... Place the baking sheet with the wrapped apples in the freezer for 15-20 minutes to harden the puff pastry. This will ensure your puff pastry bakes in place and does not sag to the bottom. But don't leave them in the freezer longterm. You don't want the apples to freeze.
- Once the puff pastry is hard, place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 25 minutes, until puffy and golden. Cool for 10 minutes before serving. Drizzle the tops with extra caramel sauce if you like!
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Notes
- The best and safest way to core apples is using an apple corer. If you don't have an apple corer, then place the apple on a cutting board with the wider side of the apple down as the base. Use a paring knife to carve away at the apple and take out the core.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1apple
Calories
1031kcal
(52%)
Carbohydrates
133g
(44%)
Protein
14g
(28%)
Fat
52g
(80%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Cholesterol
84mg
(28%)
Sodium
558mg
(23%)
Potassium
364mg
(10%)
Fiber
6g
(24%)
Sugar
64g
(128%)
Vitamin A
230IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
8.3mg
(9%)
Calcium
80mg
(8%)
Iron
3.9mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1031
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1apple | |
| Calories | 1031kcal | 52% |
| Carbohydrates | 133g | 44% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 52g | 80% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Cholesterol | 84mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 558mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 364mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 6g | 24% |
| Sugar | 64g | 128% |
| Vitamin A | 230IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 8.3mg | 9% |
| Calcium | 80mg | 8% |
| Iron | 3.9mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.