Baked Apple Crisp Apples by The Seaside Baker
A truly delectable dessert from The Seaside Baker: Warm baked apples topped with bourbon whipped cream, sweet caramel sauce, and crunchy pecans!
Ingredients:
6 apples
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Crumble Topping Ingredients:
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter, chilled and cut into cubes
Bourbon Whipped Cream Ingredients:
1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon bourbon (optional)
Caramel Sauce
Chopped Pecans
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cut the tops off of 4 apples and spoon out the flesh. Throw away the seeds and reserve the remaining flesh.
- Peel and core remain 2 apples. Dice the two apples as well as the flesh from the 4 apples.
- In a medium pan, melt butter.
- Add diced apples, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Cook diced apples for 8-10 minutes, or until tender.
- While diced apples are cooking, make the crumble.
- In a bowl, combine flour, oats, brown and white sugar, salt and cinnamon and mix to combine.
- Cut in cold butter using a pastry cutter or two knifes until pea sized clumps form.
- Place hollow apples in a small baking dish.
- Stuff apples with cooked diced apples.
- Top apples with a generous spoonful of crumble.
- Bake apples for 20 minutes or until tops are crispy.
- To make the whipped cream, beat cold heavy whipping cream, sugar, bourbon (optional), and vanilla on high until stiff peaks form.
- Place apples on plates, top with a dollop of bourbon whipped, drizzle with caramel sauce, and sprinkle with pecans. Enjoy!