We’re all big fans of Alton Brown; my family appreciates his wit and thoughtful culinary explanations. My daughter, Lauren, is especially fond of pointing out when my way of making something differs from Alton’s. If she doesn’t care for mashed potatoes, it’s probably because I’m not making them the right way (Alton’s way).
Lauren emailed a link to this recipe to us in Poland and suggested that we try making them when were home for Christmas. It was our Christmas Eve breakfast and very yummy indeed. I’ve made baked apples before, but these were the best.
Ingredients
3/4 cup oats
3/4 cup flour
2/3 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
pinch salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, diced
4 Braeburn apples (or Fuji)
4 teaspoons honey
Vanilla ice cream (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Combine oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and salt.
- Cut in butter until the mixture resembles crumbs
- Cut a small slice from the bottom of each apple so they’ll stand up straight
- Cut a 1 inch circle around the stem, much like cutting the top off a jack-o-lantern
- With a melon-baller, remove the rest of the core, making sure you stop before you reach the bottom. You don’t want the juicy goodness to leak out.
- Place the apples in a baking dish
- Put a teaspoon of honey inside each apple
- Fill apples with the oat mixture, packing it in and mounding on the top
- Bake for 40 minutes
- Cool for 10 minutes before serving
- Serve with ice cream, if desired
An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com, she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.
Hanaa
I’ve never had baked apples. Quite frankly, they always looked boring. Your pictures, however, don’t make them look boring at all. And with an Alton Brown recipe you just simply can’t go wrong. I’m bookmarking this one!
Lois B
Hanaa – I agree, the others I’ve tried have been boring. I was trying to trick my kids with a healthy dessert, but we would have been better off with applesauce. This version is more like an apple crisp, heavy on the apple. Happy new year!
Melinda
Alton Brown made me believe I (yes, I!) could cook! He’s the man!
Median vahtikoira
These look absolutely yummy and I am definitely going to try them.
Laura
I saw this recipe on your blog yesterday and ended up making it for a family dinner last night. I cut the “bad” stuff back a little bit (we’re trying to recover from the holidays around here) and they still tasted really good! Thanks for the recipe, Lois!
Laura
These look absolutely delicious! I am definitely going to try making these. The sooner, the better!