Baked Apples a la Mode
Few autumn desserts compare to baked spiced apples topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream. The cooking liquid becomes a warm sauce and melts the ice cream to the perfect consistency.
Ingredients
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Sauce:
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1 cup apple juice
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2 tablespoons cider vinegar
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1 tablespoon finely chopped, peeled fresh ginger
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1 tablespoon packed light-brown sugar
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1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
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1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
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Filling:
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3 tablespoons butter
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1/3 cup packaged unseasoned bread crumbs
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1 tablespoon packed light-brown sugar
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1/2 cup dark raisins, chopped
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Apples:
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4 Golden Delicious apples, halved lengthwise through stem, cored
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2 pints vanilla ice cream
Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.
Sauce: In small saucepan, bring to boiling juice, vinegar, ginger, sugar, cinnamon and cardamom; simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
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Filling: In small skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in bread crumbs and sugar to coat. Stir in raisins. Remove from heat.
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Apples: Place apples, cut side up, in baking dish just large enough to hold apples (about 13 x 9 x 2 inches). Spoon filling, about 2 tablespoons, over each apple. Spoon small amount of sauce over each apple. Pour remaining sauce into baking dish.
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Bake, uncovered, in 350 degrees F oven until apples are very tender, about 35 minutes. Remove apples; keep warm. Reserve cooking liquid in baking dish. (If cooking liquid is more than 1/2 cup, pour into small saucepan; boil until reduced to 1/2 cup.)
6.
Place each apple half in small serving dish. Place 1/2-cup ice cream on each apple. Drizzle with sauce.
Nutrition information
Calories 279, Total Fat 12 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Cholesterol 41 mg, Sodium 97 mg, Carbohydrate 43 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 4 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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