Lighter Baked Apples
Don't wait for Autumn to make these lighter baked apples, with a homemade, healthier brown sugar caramel sauce.
Servings: 4 apples
Ingredients
Apples:
- 4 large apples
- 2 tbs brown or coconut sugar
- ½ tbs cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 4 tbs water or fruit juice
Caramel:
- 60g (¼ cup) brown cane sugar
- 2 tbs milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 15g (1 tbs) butter
Instructions
Apples:
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Core the four apples taking care not to go right through to the bottom, and then place on a baking tray or dish.
- Combine the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Brush the outsides (and inside the holes left by the cores) with water or juice.
- Sprinkle over the sugar mixture, making sure you get plenty in the holes.
- Pour just enough water in to the baking dish to just cover the surface.
- Bake the apples for around 50-60 minutes and then remove from the oven.
Caramel sauce:
- Just before the apples are ready, prepare the caramel.
- Heat the sugar, vanilla sugar and milk together in a pan.
- Stir as the mixture heats and when it starts bubbling, add the butter, continuing to stir until it has melted and the sauce has thickened.
- When the apples are ready, remove from the oven.
- Pour the caramel into the empty core holes, and drizzle a little on the outsides.
- Leave the apples to cool for a while (they are way too hot to eat immediately) and then serve as they are, or with a touch of Greek yoghurt or ice-cream. Enjoy!
