Real German Baked Apples Recipes

SIMPLE BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish, or coat with non-stick cooking spray.
• Place apples in a large bowl. In a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Stir spice mixture into apples until evenly distributed. Fold in raisins and walnuts. Spoon into prepared dish. Pour milk evenly over apple mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until soft and bubbly. Allow to cool slightly before serving.

BRATAPFELN (GERMAN BAKED APPLES) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 450 F.
• Core apples (or cut into quarters, core, and put back together).
• Mix together the butter and sugar. Add raisins and walnuts.
• Pack the filling into the hollowed-out apples.
• Place in buttered baking dish and cover with lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the tip of a thin knife can easily pierce the apple. Meanwhile, make the vanilla sauce.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a medium heatproof bowl, beat together the egg yolks and both sugars (if you are using vanilla extract instead of vanilla sugar, it will be added later) until the yolks are thick and pale yellow and the sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
• In a heavy-bottomed 2-quart saucepan, bring the 2 cups of milk to a boil. Pour the hot milk slowly in a thin stream over the egg yolk mixture, whisking continuously by hand or with an electric mixer.
• Pour the tempered egg-yolks back into the saucepan and heat without boiling until mixture coats the back of a spoon
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the vanilla extract, if you are using it instead of the vanilla sugar. Serve warm drizzled over baked apples.

GERMAN FRIED APPLES

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat until the foam subsides. Cook and stir the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the apples, and cook and stir until the onion and apples are starting to brown and the apples are soft, about 10 more minutes. Sprinkle on salt to taste.