Fresh Baked Apples

Published on

September 16, 2026

Ingredients

4–5 apples
¼ cup water
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons butter, softened
½ teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Remove the cores from the apples, leaving the bottoms intact so they can hold the filling.
In a small bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon. Mix well.
Fill the center of each apple with the brown sugar mixture.
Pour ¼ cup water into the bottom of a baking dish.
Place the filled apples in the dish.
Bake at 350°F for 40–45 minutes, until the apples are tender when pierced with a knife.

Serve it up: Warm from the dish, with ice cream, caramel, or whipped cream.

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