Name: Maple Baked Apples
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 4 big Cortland or Empire apples; 60 ml (1/4 cup) maple sugar; 60 ml (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, diced (with extra to butter pan); 1 pinch of salt; 125 ml (1/2 cup) maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich flavour)

Preparation

15 minutes

Cooking

35 minutes

Portions

4 portions

Metric Imperial

Ingredients

Preparation

4 big Cortland or Empire apples
1/4 cup maple sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter, diced (with extra to butter pan)
1 pinch of salt
1/2 cup maple syrup (preferably amber syrup for its rich flavour)

Preheat oven to 180 °C (350 °F).
Cut apples in two (horizontally) and remove core with a melon baller.
In a bowl, mix together maple sugar, butter and salt to form a soft paste.
Arrange 4 cored half-apples in a buttered ovenproof dish. Pour maple paste in their cavities and smother in maple syrup.
Cover with remaining half-apples to recreate apple shapes and bake around 35 minutes, or until apples are cooked through.
Remove from oven and let stand a few minutes before serving with a scoop of ice cream.

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