Caramel Crumb Baked Apples

Caramel Crumb Baked Apples is an easy baked apples recipe. Apples with a cashew cherry filling and a cinnamon crumb topping are baked to perfection and drizzled with caramel sauce.

Caramel Crumb Baked Apples Recipe

I’m lovin’ apple season! And I'm lovin' the aroma of baked cinnamon apples that's filling my kitchen right now. I cannot wait to bite into the crunch and saltiness of cashews and the sweet tartness of the cherries in the cinnamon brown sugar filling. Oh and did I mention that our cooked apple recipe is not just stuffed but also topped with a buttery crumb? And the crowning glory, get ready for this folks, is a caramel drizzle, of course!

Fruity sweetness, salty crunch and cinnamon crumbs in every bite, makes our caramel stuffed baked apples the perfect autumn dessert. Easy to make yet beautiful and impressive enough for company.

Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

• baking apples
• lightly salted cashews
• dried cherries
• brown sugar
• ground cinnamon
• butter
• flour
• caramel sauce

Apple FAQ's

What can I make with all my apples?

When you have lots of apples you can make:

• applesauce
• apple pie
• apple turnovers
• apple muffins
• apple cake
• apple salsa

Other things you can do when you have lots of apples are:

• add to sandwiches
• slice and top with peanut butter
• roast with chicken
• add to pancakes
• add to oatmeal
• slice and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar

What are the best apples for baking?

The 5 best apples for baking, according to thekitchn.com are:

• Granny Smith
• Jonathan or Jonagold
• Cortland
• Braeburn
• Honeycrisp

Check out thekitchen.com's The 5 Best Apples For Baking for more information on these apples.

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Caramel Crumb Baked Apples

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 5 mins

 

Caramel Crumb Baked Apples, with cashews and cherries and a cinnamon crumb topping, are baked to perfection and drizzled with caramel sauce!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked apples, baked apples with caramel

Servings: 4

Calories: 452 kcal

Author: Gwynn Galvin

Ingredients

Apples:

• 4 large baking apples, such as Rome, Beauty, Jonagold or Golden Delicious
• 1/4 cup lightly salted cashews, chopped
• 1/4 cup dried cherries, chopped
• 1 Tbs. packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 Tbs. butter

Crumb Topping:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 5 Tbs. butter, melted
• 1/4 cup caramel sauce

Instructions

Apples:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Pour 1/2 cup water in 8″ x 8″ baking pan.

2. Cut off top 1/5th of apple. Finely chop apple tops to equal 1/2 cup chopped apple; reserve.
   
3. Core apples to within 1/2″ of edges making about a 1/4 cup cavity in center of each apple; discard cores.
   
4. In bowl combine reserved chopped apple, cashews, cherries, 1 Tbs. brown sugar and 1/2 tsp. cinnamon. Fill centers of apples, dividing mixture evenly.
   

Crumb Topping:

1. In another bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon until blended. Stir in melted butter until moist crumbs form. Top apples with crumbs.

   
2. Arrange apples in prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crumbs are golden.
3. Drizzle with caramel sauce.

Recipe Notes

Makes 4 servings.

Nutrition Facts

Caramel Crumb Baked Apples

Amount Per Serving

Calories 452 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Cholesterol 3mg1%

Sodium 140mg6%

Potassium 350mg10%

Carbohydrates 99g33%

Fiber 7g29%

Sugar 54g60%

Protein 7g14%

Vitamin A 411IU8%

Vitamin C 8mg10%

Calcium 101mg10%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.