Baked Apples with Caramel Sauce
This recipe is based on one in Emily Luchetti's Four-Star Desserts (Harper Collins, 1996). We found that Fuji apples held their shape the best.
Credit: André Baranowski
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE BAKED APPLES:1⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup maple syrup
4 tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
1⁄4 tsp. kosher salt
6 firm Fuji apples, stemmed and cored
Ice cream, for serving
FOR THE CARAMEL SAUCE:
1 1⁄2 cups sugar
1⁄3 cup heavy cream
1⁄2 cup raisins
2 tbsp. dark rum
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Make the baked apples: Heat oven to 325°. Combine sugar, syrup, butter, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Cut 1⁄4" from bottom of apples so that they sit flat; transfer apples to a 9" x 13" baking pan. Fill hollow cores with reserved sugar–syrup mixture. Cover apples with foil; bake until tender, about 50 minutes.2. Meanwhile, make the caramel sauce: Heat sugar and 1⁄2 cup water in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, without stirring, until amber colored and a candy thermometer inserted into syrup reads 330˚, about 20 minutes. Remove pan from heat; let cool slightly. Add cream (caramel will bubble up slightly). Stir in raisins and rum; set aside. Serve apples with caramel sauce and ice cream.
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