Image and Recipe Copyright © 2008 Jennifer Iserloh
This was an old stand-by in our family home on icy Pittsburgh winter nights when cold weather kept us indoors. This dessert has the same flavors as apple pie without the guilt of a fattening crust!
Makes 6 baked apples
Ingredients
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons trans-fat free margarine
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 Gala or Macintosh apples, cored
1/2 cup apple juice or apple cider
2 tablespoons orange liquor (optional)
Directions
Preheat a large crock-pot on high heat and preset it for 3 hours. In a large bowl, mix brown sugar, walnuts, margarine, and cinnamon. Fill the apples with the filling and place them in the crock-pot. Pour in the apple juice or cider and the liquor, if using. Cover and cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours on high heat until the apples are soft and begin to collapse.
Make It a Meal
Serve with Roast Pork with Lavender and Sage or Grilled Cheese with Turkey and Arugula.
Ha so funny! True they do shrivel when baking, but sometimes ugly can still be delicious– sort of like meatloaf!
How do you eat/serve this? For/Knife?? Are the apples still hard?
They are very soft – I usually just cut into them with the slide of a spoon but you could have butter knives handy.
Are the apples able to to be refrigerated for a couple days after they are made in the the crockpot?
Sure, you can refrigerate! But store them in an air-tight container so they don’t pick up odors from the fridge.
Delish! I will have to make these for my next dinner party. They will be perfect after a big meal. I would be tempted to add oatmeal, since I am almost always out of nuts when I need them….thanks for sharing!
Sure you can add oatmeal in place of the nuts!
Question…
I am planning on making these this weekend and wanted to know… if I did use Oats, is it the same 1/4 cup? and is it Old Fashion or Rolled Quick Oats?
Thank you!!!
Hey Tia,
I would use the same 1/4 of quick oats and just add a tablespoon of water to moisten them before stuffing the apples. Let me know how it turns out!
Thanks… Will do… I plan to do 1/2 Oatmeal and 1/2 Walnuts
I have yet another question.. lol
So, I am using my crock pot now, for another meal, which takes 10 hours…. If I did cook these in the oven I saw to cook them @ 350 for 45 mins… How deep of a dish? Like a glass Pyrex? ANDD… Does it make a difference in taste/quality to cook them in a Crock? If so, I will wait till tomorrow.. I can’t WAIT to try these..
Thanks again for all your help and AWESOME recipes ;o)
could i cook these on low for a longer period of time?
Sure- I’m not sure how long since I’ve never done it, but I would imagine maybe 1 addition hour?
I would use a Pyrex with glass sides, usually they are 2-inches deep. Let me know how they turn out!