Baked Apples

This recipe is simple to prepare and is ideal for using up any apples that are past their best. Use any mixture of dried fruits that you have in the cupboards, such as dates, apricots, figs or prunes.

Penny Brasenell, Telford

Ingredients

Serves 4

4 eating apples (the ones with wrinkly skins)
100g mixed sultanas, nuts, pumpkin seeds

2 tablespoons maple syrup or brown Sugar and Syrups
Sugar and Syrups

Try having in stock caster sugar, muscavado, honey and golden syrup
- Once opened ensure they are tightly resealed with quick clips or bag clips.
- If you have got rock-hard brown sugar, crystallised honey/syrup, place in a suitable non-metallic bowl and give a quick blast of about 30 seconds on high in the microwave to bring these back to their normal state.
Knob of Butter

Butter

Unsalted is better for cooking.

Easy spread butter is ideal for sandwiches and toast.
Yoghurt

Yoghurt

Greek yoghurt is good for adding to curries or making quick dips.

Choose fruit yoghurts for quick puddings for the children.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) mark 4.
Wash and core the apples, load the cores with sultanas, nuts and pumpkin seeds and pour in two dessertspoon fulls of maple syrup.
Place the apples into a flameproof dish, top each with a little butter and cover and cook for about for about 30 minutes or until the apples are just cooked.

Health Note

Dried fruits are considered to be one of the great health foods because they are a good source of fibre and a concentrated source of nutrients such as iron and potassium. If it is energy that you need, raisins and dried apricots made excellent snacks for a quick energy boost. Dried fruit is a superb snack for children instead of sweets.

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