Secret Baked Apples
Submitted by randyd on December 22, 2005 at 12:49 pm

DESCRIPTION
Secret baked apples

SUMMARY
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INSTRUCTIONS
This a simpler version of the one below. I use just about any apple except for eating apples like Red Delicious.

Two apples peeled and cut into slices or chunks
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon dark or light rum
Sprinkle with apple pie spice, cinnamon, or both

Bake at 350ýF to 400ýF for 20 to 30 minutes. It will work with just about any temperature if you have something else cooking in the oven. I have added a few red hots candy.

Here is the original recipe that I got from Sara on the Food Network.

4 McIntosh apples
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, cut into bits
2 tablespoons light rum
4 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
Mint leaves, for garnish if desired
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Peel and core the apples, leaving them whole. Slice the apples horizontally into even 1/4-inch-thick slices, reassemble the slices to form whole apple shapes, and brush the apples with the lemon juice. Put the apples in a pie plate, fill the cavities with some of the brown sugar, butter, and rum, and sprinkle the apples with the remaining brown sugar, butter, and rum. Bake the apples in the middle of the oven, basting frequently, for 25 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees, insert the cinnamon sticks in the cavities of the apples, and bake the apples, basting frequently, for 20 minutes more, or until they are tender and browned well and the juices are thick and syrupy. Divide the apples among 4 plates, spoon the syrup over them, and garnish the apples with the mint leaves.