Hazelnut Maple-Rum Apples |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Sweet, fragrant baked apples are the ultimate comfort dessert around here. These are a favorite. This is an old recipe from Chatelaine magazine. Ingredients:
1/2 cup hazelnuts, toasted |
1/4 cup light brown sugar |
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
2 tablespoons butter |
1 tablespoon rum (or brandy) |
3 apples, sliced in half |
1/2 cup apple juice |
1/4 cup rum |
1/3 cup pure maple syrup |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Coarsely chop nuts.
3. Stir sugar with flour and room-temperature butter.
4. Mix in 1 tablespoon rum, then nuts.
5. Core apples, creating a small cavity.
6. Arrange apples, cut-side up, in a glass baking dish just large enough to hold them.
7. Mound nut filling in cavities.
8. Press down gently.
9. Stir apple juice with 1/4 cup rum.
10. Pour around apples.
11. Drizzle apples with maple syrup. Bake in 375F oven, basting often with pan juices, until tender, about 45 minutes.
12. Place on plates and drizzle with juices.
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