Baked Apples With Toffee, Bourbon and Molasses |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 6 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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Source: Bon Appetit November 2000 Ingredients:
6 golden delicious apples (7-8-ounces each) |
6 tablespoons toffee pieces |
3 tablespoons bourbon |
3 tablespoons unsalted butter |
1 1/2 cups apple cider |
3 tablespoons mild-flavored light molasses |
1 tablespoon sugar |
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger |
vanilla ice cream |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Peel skin off top third of each apple.
3. Using small melon baller, scoop out stem and core, leaving bottom intact.
4. Stand apples in 11x7x2-inch baking dish.
5. Place 2 tablespoons toffee bits around apples in dish.
6. Divide remaining bits among cavities of apples.
7. Add 1/2 tablespoon bourbon and 1/2 tablespoon butter to cavity of each apple.
8. Whisk cider, molasses, sugar and ginger in bowl; spoon over and around apples.
9. Bake apples until tender, basting often with pan juices, about 1 hour 20 minutes.
10. Transfer apples to bowls.
11. Pour juices from dish into small saucepan.
12. Boil juices until thick enough to coat spoon, about 6 minutes.
13. Spoon sauce over apples.
14. Serve apples warm with vanilla ice cream.
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