VEGAN: Baked Apples

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Baked Apples - Sweet & Natural

 

Recipe By : Sweet & Natural/Meredith McCarty

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Desserts Fruit

Vegan Baking

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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4 apples (Golden Delicious, Granny Smith,

Gala or Gravenstein), cored

1/4 cup nut butter (almond, hazelnut or sesame)

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

3 tablespoons apple juice or cider

1/4 cup currants or raisins

 

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

 

2. With a fork, mix the nut butter and cinnamon. Only if nut butter

is stiff, add the juice gradually to achieve a smooth texture. Stir

in the currants or raisins. Transfer the apples to a cake pan or

baking sheet. Insert the filling with a teaspoon. Pack it in with a

chopstick, allowing filling to mound on top. Mix up more filling in

apples, or the holes you've made, are particularly large.

 

3. Bake the apples until they are soft enough to be pierced easily

all the way to the middle, 20 to 45 minutes depending on the variety.

 

Variations: Nutty Raisin-Miso Stuffing - Add a teaspoon of any

variety of miso to the stuffing ingredients for added depth of flavor

and nutrition.

 

For another filling, include 1/4 cup each toasted and chopped nuts

and fruit preserves. Almonds with strawberry jam or apricot preserves

make nice combinations.

 

 

NOTES: Pippin apples tend to get mushy faster than some others, so

watch for them to be done earlier. McIntosh apples bake in just 25

minutes. Hard green apples like Mutsu take the longest. I've enjoyed

Jonathan, Jonagold, Cortland, Winesap, and Blushing Gold apples

prepared this way, too.

 

Don't cover the apples with foil unless you want them to fall apart

and turn into delicious applesauce.

 

Per serv: 256 cal, 10 g fat, 0 chol, 3 mg sod

 

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NOTES : A tried-and-true favorite in the U.S. since Colonial times

and in the former Soviet Union as well, stuffed baked apples are a

plump, succulent dessert that can be made in a jiffy while diners

enjoy their meals. Make extra for a quick snack or dessert later.