Spanish Baked Apples
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 55 Minutes
Serves 4 Servings
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/4 C. whole almonds, toasted, chopped
- 1/4 C. walnut halves, toasted, chopped
- 1/4 C. raisins
- 4 dried figs, chopped
- 1/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 4 medium Golden Delicious apples
- 1 1/4 C. apple juice
- 1 Tbsp. Clabber Girl® Corn Starch
- Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Melt shortening in large skillet over medium heat. Add nuts, raisins and figs; saute 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and salt.
- REMOVE a 1 1/4-inch wide center core from each apple. Cut a 1/4-inch slice off top of each apple so top surface is flat. Place apples in 8-inch square baking pan.
- SPOON nut mixture evenly into the centers of apples, mounding any additional mixture on tops of apples. Pour 1 C. apple juice into pan. Cover tightly with foil. Bake 30 minutes. Uncover; bake an additional 10 minutes or until fork tender.
- WHISK corn starch and remaining 1/4 C. apple juice in small saucepan until smooth. Remove apples from baking pan. Strain pan juices into saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute. Spoon sauce over warm baked apples. Serve with ice cream.
