Baked Apples With Dates Almonds And Rum Recipes

BAKED APPLES WITH RUM AND CINNAMON

Steps:

• For the glaze: In a medium saucepan, combine the dark brown sugar, rum, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir to blend and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook and reduce for 3 to 4 minutes to allow the sugar and other ingredients to blend together.
• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a baking dish large enough to hold all of the apples, arrange the apples in a single layer. Put a cinnamon stick inside the cavity made from coring each apple. Pour the glaze over the apples and top each with pieces of butter. Add the cider to the bottom of the dish and place it in the center of the oven.
• Cook the apples, basting them from time to time, until they are tender but not mushy, 25 to 30 minutes (smaller apples will take less time). Serve with scoops of ice cream, sour cream, or just by themselves. They are also delicious leftover.

DATE-FILLED BAKED APPLE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine 1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar, dates, walnuts and cinnamon. Peel top half of apple and remove core; place in a small baking dish. Fill with the date mixture. Combine water and remaining brown sugar; pour over apple., Cover and bake at 400° for 35-40 minutes or until apple is tender, basting occasionally. Serve warm with whipped cream.

BAKED APPLES WITH RUM

Steps:

• These are so satisfying and don't break the calorie bank if eaten without the ice cream. They can also be made without the rum. I have suggested rum raisin ice cream because I love the combination, but vanilla ice cream or even lemon sorbet would be just as delicious.
• For the glaze: In a medium saucepan, combine the dark brown sugar, rum, water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir to blend and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook and reduce for 3 to 4 minutes to allow the sugar and other ingredients to blend together.
• Prepare the apples: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a baking dish large enough to hold all of the apples, arrange the apples in a single layer. Put a cinnamon stick inside the cavity made from coring each apple. Pour the glaze over the apples and top each with pieces of butter. Add the cider to the bottom of the dish and place it in the center of the oven.
• Cook the apples, basting them from time to time, 25 to 30 minutes, or until they are tender but not mushy. Cook's Note: Smaller apples will take less time.
• Serve with scoops of ice cream or sour cream, if desired or just by themselves. They are also delicious leftover.

BUTTER-RUM BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Cut off top third of each apple and reserve. Scoop out seeds and some of flesh from apples using a melon-ball cutter or round teaspoon measure to form a cavity (do not puncture bottoms). Stand apples in a buttered baking dish just large enough to hold them.
• Heat remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Pour some of syrup into cavity of each apple and remainder into baking dish. Return apple tops to apples and cover dish loosely with foil.
• Bake in middle of oven until apples are tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

APPLE-ALMOND BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, bring syrup to a boil; cook 3-5 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half., In a small bowl, mix sugar and cornstarch; whisk in water until smooth. Whisk into reduced syrup. Return to a boil; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Whisk in 2 tablespoons butter until blended. Remove from heat., In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, almond flour and baking soda; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Reserve 1-1/3 cups mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Arrange apples over top; drizzle with syrup mixture., Stir almonds into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over top. Bake 50-60 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is golden brown.

BAKED APPLES WITH PRUNES, ALMONDS, AND AMARETTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Toss granulated sugar, 1/2 cup almonds, and 1 Tbsp. butter in a bowl. Spread out on a rimmed baking sheet; bake, tossing once or twice, until nuts are golden brown and sugar is caramelized, 10-12 minutes. Let cool.
• Process prunes, 3 Tbsp. amaretto, 2 Tbsp. brown sugar, 4 Tbsp. butter, a pinch of salt, and remaining 1/2 cup almonds in a food processor until nuts are ground and mixture forms a coarse paste. Transfer to a disposable piping bag or resealable plastic bag.
• Using a paring knife, cut a line around equators of apples, just scoring the skin but not cutting down into the flesh (this will prevent them from bursting during baking). Place each apple on individual squares of parchment paper large enough to form a pouch around apple.
• Snip a 1" hole in pastry bag or one corner of plastic bag and pipe prune mixture into apple cavities to fill. Drizzle with remaining 3 Tbsp. butter, then sprinkle with remaining 2 Tbsp. brown sugar and lightly drizzle with amaretto.
• Gather up parchment paper around each apple and tie tightly closed with kitchen twine. Place parcels on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until apples give no resistance when a skewer is poked into flesh through parchment paper, 35-45 minutes for Macintosh or 50-65 minutes for firmer apples. Let cool slightly, then remove kitchen twine.
• To serve, top apples with caramelized almonds and drizzle with cream.
• Do Ahead
• Apples can be assembled in their parcels 1 day ahead; chill. Apples can be baked 2 hours ahead. Let sit at room temperature. Reheat in a 200°F oven just before serving.