Bourbon Baked Apples
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Bourbon Baked Apples
Description
The apples are prepared by removing most of the core but leaving the bottoms intact to hold the filling. The oat mixture combines brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and softened butter with vanilla extract. This filling is packed into each apple. Placing apples in a baking dish with a liquid mixture of apple cider and bourbon provides moisture and a mild boozy aroma during roasting.
Baking at 400°F until tender and the topping golden transforms the oats into a crumbly, flavorful crust. The warmth of cinnamon and vanilla complements the natural sweetness of the Honeycrisp apples, creating a dessert that balances soft fruit with a textured, buttery topping. Serving it with cinnamon or vanilla ice cream adds creaminess and cool contrast.
The cooking time varies with apple size, beginning around 30 minutes for smaller apples and extending for larger ones while monitoring for softness throughout the process.
Ingredients
- 6 apple large, Honeycrisp variety
- 2/3 cup oats
- 2/3 cup brown sugar loosely packed
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1/3 cup bourbon or less, depending on how much you enjoy bourbon
- cinnamon ice cream or pumpkin! or vanilla, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Core the apples – but not all the way – using an apple corer or a paring knife. You want to cut about 2/3 of the way down to remove the seeds if you don’t have an apple corer. Carefully cut a circle around the stem and cut about an inch downward. From there, use the same knife or a spoon, remove the core and the seeds.
- In a bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon. Add softened butter and vanilla, and mix thoroughly with a fork and your hands until it becomes clumped together. If desired, you can also add nuts here! Stuff the mixture equally inside each apple. Sprinkle with additional cinnamon if desired.
- Place apples in a large baking dish. Pour apple cider and bourbon in the bottom of the pan, then bake for about 45 minutes. This will depend on the exact size of your apples (if using small/medium apples, start by baking for 30 minutes), but it is easy to keep an eye on them because a few times during the cooking process (every 10 minutes or so), you want to spoon the cider/bourbon mixture overtop of each apple. Once the skin looks all wrinkly and slightly darker in color, remove from the oven. Serve immediately with ice cream on top.
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