You know what they say about eating an apple every day and this little roasting technique transforms apple eating from dutiful to pleasurable. Just a small amount of butter and brown sugar mean this apple works any time of day. Served with a dollop of low-fat Greek yogurt and a sprinkling of nuts or granola, it makes a classy breakfast, the start of a nice brunch, or even a mid-afternoon or evening snack.
Switch to light sour cream or ice cream, and it becomes a simple appealing end to a great meal. So roast up a pan and enjoy your apple every day.
Tips:
- A melon baller is a great tool for coring halved apples.
- Make sure to use firm apples. Common apples that work well: Granny Smith, Royal Gala, Fuji, and Braeburn. Soft apples do not hold their shape.
- You can substitute ground cinnamon for the cinnamon sticks—simply mix in 2 teaspoons with the brown sugar.
- This same technique works for other fruit as well. This time of year try seasonal pears
Roasted Caramel-Glazed Cinnamon Apples
by: Three Many Cooks
Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 firm, crisp apples halved and seeded
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 cinnamon sticks (about 4 inches each) halved
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place butter in a 13- by 9-inch baking pan and set it in preheating oven to melt while preparing apples.
- Remove pan from oven; sprinkle brown sugar over butter. Arrange cinnamon stick evenly over sugar and place apples, cut side down, over cinnamon sticks. Bake until apples are tender, about 25 minutes. Remove pan from oven, turn apples, cut side up, and spoon sauce over apples. Return pan to oven and continue to roast until golden brown, about 5 minutes longer. Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
- To serve, spoon a half apple into each bowl, sticking a cinnamon stick in each core. Serve as desired (see suggestions above).
Well done….
This recipe not only looks kick ass…it looks so easy, my wife can even make it! 🙂
I will try it out this Sunday to make the house fill with the aroma of Fall and to bring some positivity to my home as I watch too much 9-11 coverage.
This recipe makes me smile…you 3 make me smile and I wish you all peace tomorrow in what will surely be ,to us NY’ers, a sensitive and emotional day.
Foodie@amaninthekitchen.com
I love everything about this recipe, Mom. We always have an abundance of apples and this is the perfect way to put them to delicious use. I bet they would be great over ice cream or with just some fresh whipped cream as a dessert. Or cut up over granola and plain yogurt for breakfast. My mind keeps churning with new ideas as I type!
With Butter Pecan ice cream is how I’m serving them tonight, right after we finish the Quick Creamy Lasagna. 🙂
That looks so good, and sounds so easy to make. I’m in!
mmmm, is this in your Perfect Recipes cookbok? I ADORE this recipe and have made it as a family and company dessert. It’s so dang easy and delicious.
A version of this apple is in Having People Over, but I’ve added the cinnamon sticks, which make a really nice garnish, and reduced the butter so it’s a little healthier.
apple with cinnamon.. perfect 😀