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October 06, 2006
Baked Apples
Fall is my favorite season to bake. Just as the leaves are falling off the trees and the air has a crisp feeling to it I always feel like making an apple pie. If you can go and pick the apples yourself the pie tastes even better! Here is a list of apples to help you along the way!
Varieties
Softer apples are best for applesauce, while firmer apples are best for baking and making pies. You can increase the sweetness or acidity of the product by adding sugar or a few drops of lemon juice to the recipe.
Best for eating out of hand: Gala, Fuji, Mutsu, Jonathan, Cameo, Golden Delicious, Cortland, Empire, Red Delicious, McIntosh, Braeburn, Winesap, Pink Lady, Sundowner
Best for pies: Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, Rhode Island Greening, Pippin, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Gravenstein
Best for applesauce: Pippin, Rhode Island Greening, McIntosh, Elstar, Cortland, Fuji, Gala, Gravenstein
Best for baking: Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland, Winesap
Best for making salads: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Empire, Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Winesap, Criterion, Pink Lady
Serves 4
4 Gala Apples
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 Tablespoons turbinado sugar
¼ Cup raisins
2 Tablespoons toasted walnuts
½ Cup apple juice
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Wash apples and core them leaving the bottom still attached. Add ¼ cup apple juice to the bottom of a lipped baking pan. In a small bowl mix together nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar, raisins, walnuts and remaining ¼ cup apple juice. Fill middle of each apple with mixture and place in baking pan. Cover with foil and bake for 25- 30 minutes, until apples are soft. When serving apples, spoon baking juices over them.
Posted by podsumer at October 6, 2006 07:35 AM
