Baked apples are tasty, healthy, and easy to make. They have a lot of fiber and vitamins, and they make a perfect winter snack that feels like a dessert, or you can serve them as a healthy and tasteful dessert after a meal. There is a lot of variations of baked apples recipe because everybody likes to add their own touch, like grounded or chopped hazelnuts, pecan or other nuts, chocolate, gummy candies, raisins, cinnamon…

To prepare baked apples you need the following ingredients:

Apples (Golden Delicious, Jonagold, McIntosh)

Sugar (white or brown, eater will work)

Butter

Walnuts or hazelnuts (optional)

Biscuits (optional)

First of all, wash the apples thoroughly, because skin will stay on in the end. Than core them. It is handy if you have an apple corer, but do not worry, it is not necessary, it is totally fine to to do it using a paring knife, or any other tool you find helpful. Remove core up to 1/2 inch from the bottom of the apples, and about an inch to an inch and a quarter wide.

Grease deep pan with butter. Stuff each apple with the white or brown sugar (or make mixture of sugar, grounded or chopped walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds, raisins, cinnamon…) and arrange apples in the pan.

Cover each apple with butter, approximately 1/4 tablespoon per apple. Preheat the oven to 375 Fahrenheit (190 Celsius) and bake for approximately 20 to 30 minutes (baking time depends on how big those apples are).

Baked apples are supposed to be soft, and their skin usually cracked when done.

Take baked apples out of the oven and serve warm. Relative to your taste and creativity add chocolate syrup on the top, sprinkle with ground nuts, or biscuit. If you wish add whip cream on the top, or vanilla ice cream on a side. Serve them any way you find satisfying and enjoy.