Baked Apples With Oatmeal And Brown Sugar
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 4 large red apples
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- whipped cream, optional
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 375°.
- 2 squeeze juice from lemon halves into a large bowl with 2 cups cold water.
- 3 peel top third of each apple.
- 4 with a small knife and working from the top of each apple, carefully carve out a large"bowl," including the core, about 2 inches in diameter, leaving the bottom of apple intact.
- 5 reserve all cut-away pieces.
- 6 place carved apples in lemon water.
- 7 chop cut-away apple pieces into small chunks, removing any core or seeds.
- 8 toss with 3 tablespoons honey and cinnamon; set aside.
- 9 combine remaining 9 tablespoons honey with 1/2 cup hot water and stir until well blended.
- 10 stand apples, cut side up, in a 9" x 9" shallow baking dish.
- 11 place 1 teaspoon butter in bowl of each apple and pour honey and water mixture on top.
- 12 cover dish with foil and bake until tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
- 13 meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring 1 3/4 cups water and a pinch of salt to a boil.
- 14 add oatmeal and apple pieces, and stir until mixture returns to a boil; reduce heat and cover.
- 15 cook until tender, 7 to 10 minutes.
- 16 remove from heat.
- 17 remove apples from oven and carefully fill with oatmeal mixture.
- 18 top with brown sugar.
- 19 place under the broiler 1 minute, just until light brown sugar is bubbly and dark brown.
- 20 serve with whipped cream, if desired.
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