Description
These Jammy Berry Baked Apples are soft, fragrant apples baked with apricot jam, raisins, cinnamon, and a splash of Coke or Diet Coke. Spoon the warm mixed berry sauce over the apples and add custard, ice cream or cream if that suits your dinner.
Ingredients
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Baked Apples
- 8 medium apples, preferably Golden Delicious
- 8 tsp apricot jam, plus 3 to 4 tbsp for the baking dish
- 1/3 cup seedless raisins, divided
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups Coke or Diet Coke, or enough to reach about 1 cm up the sides of the apples
Mixed Berry Sauce
- 3 cups frozen mixed berries
- 1 to 3 tbsp granulated sugar, to taste, optional
- 1 tbsp custard powder
- 2 tbsp cold water
Instructions
- Wash 8 medium apples well and dry them. Remove the cores, making sure you get rid of all the pips without cutting right through the bottom of the apples.
- Use a sharp knife to score around the middle of each apple, cutting through the skin but not deeply into the flesh. This gives the apples room to open as they bake instead of splitting unpredictably.
- Place the 8 cored and scored apples upright in a Corning or Pyrex baking dish, leaving a little space between each one.
- Spoon 1 tsp apricot jam into the centre of each apple, then add 3 to 4 tbsp apricot jam around the bottom of the baking dish.
- Divide 1/3 cup seedless raisins between the apples, tucking a few into the jam-filled centres and scattering the rest around the bottom of the dish.
- Sprinkle 1 tsp ground cinnamon and 2 tbsp granulated sugar over the apples.
- Pour 1 to 1 1/2 cups Coke or Diet Coke into the bottom of the dish, adding just enough to come about 1 cm up the sides of the apples. You don’t want the apples sitting in a deep pool of liquid.
- Bake the apples at 350⁰F (180⁰C) for about 1 hour 30 minutes, or until they’re beautifully browned and soft. Start checking them around the 1 hour 15 minute mark because apple size and variety can change the cooking time. A thin knife should slide into the flesh easily when they’re ready.
- While the apples are baking, place 3 cups frozen mixed berries in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the berries have thawed and the sauce is bubbling gently.
- Taste the berries and add 1 to 3 tbsp granulated sugar if they’re too tart for you.
- For a thicker berry sauce, stir 1 tbsp custard powder with 2 tbsp cold water until smooth. Stir this mixture into the bubbling berries and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Don’t add dry custard powder straight to the hot berries or you may end up with little lumps.
- Serve the warm Baked Apples with spoonfuls of the mixed berry sauce. Custard, ice cream or cream are all delicious alongside them, depending on what works for your dinner.
- A little kitchen tip: These apples are nicest served soon after baking, while they’re still plump and warm. They can shrivel a little as they sit, but don’t worry, they’ll still taste just as good.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Hannah
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 419
- Sugar: 81.7 g
- Sodium: 24.4 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 110.6 g
- Fiber: 11.6 g
- Protein: 3.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
