Baked mini apples stuffed with almonds, cardamom and ginger
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: apples, dessert, healthy
Servings: 6
Calories: 152kcal
Author: Puja
Ingredients
1poundmini crimson gold applesabout 18 apples
⅓cupwhole almonds
2tbspbrown sugar
3tbspcold buttercut up into pieces (or substitute Earth Balance to keep it vegan)
½tspground cardamom
½tspground ginger
lime or lemon juice to prevent apples from browning
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Toss the almonds into a food processor and pulse until you have a coarse powder. Add the brown sugar and spices. Mix.
Add the butter and pulse until well mixed. Set the almond and butter mixture aside.
Rinse and dry the apples. Using an apple corer or a melon baller, scoop out the apple cores (I found that a metal 1/4 tsp measure worked really well for scooping out the core). Create a little well for the filling making sure to leave the bottoms of the apple intact. Sprinkle a couple drops of lemon or lime juice into the cored apples so that they don’t brown while you finish coring the rest.
Stuff the apples with the almond and butter mixture. Arrange them into a baking dish with the tops facing up.
Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until the apples are pierced easily with a fork.
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Notes
I topped some of the baked apples with marshmallows and used a little torch to roast them. It was a delicious addition!