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These old fashioned Baked Apples are filled with a sweet cinnamon filling and baked until caramelized and tender. Serve them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and it's the coziest Fall dessert.
Old Fashioned Baked Apples that HIT every time!
These baked whole apples are one of those desserts that makes the whole house smell like Fall the second it goes in the oven. This is a great dessert you can prep in advance, and I love serving it to a crowd because it's naturally gluten-free and a healthier dessert that everyone loves. It's like a healthier version of apple pie and made much quicker and easier.
Try more apple recipes, like Broccoli Apple Salad, How to Can Applesauce, Apple Bundt Cake, Fresh Apple Cake, Applesauce Muffins, Caramel Apples, and Apple Coffee Cake!
How to make Baked Apples:
Core the Apples: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, then use a paring knife or apple corer to remove the stem and seeds, making a deep hole for the filling.
Fill and Bake: Mix the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nuts, then spoon into each apple. Place the apples in a baking dish with ¼ cup water and bake 40 to 45 minutes, until tender.
Serve: Spoon the sauce drippings from the pan over the baked cinnamon apples and serve warm with ice cream, if desired.
Baked Apples
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 good-quality apples, (I like to use red apples, but baking apples, such as Granny Smith, work great to!)
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, , or pecans
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, , packed
- 2 Tablespoons butter, , room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup water
- vanilla ice cream, , for topping, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Use a paring knife or apple corer to remove the stem and seeds from the apples, making a deep hole where the filling will go.4 good-quality apples
- Combine the brown sugar, butter and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix well to combine. Add the nuts. Spoon mixture evenly into each of the apples.¼ cup light brown sugar, 2 Tablespoons butter, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¼ cup chopped walnuts
- Add ¼ cup of water to a baking dish and place apples on top.¼ cup water
- Bake for about 40-45 minutes, or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Serve: Spoon the sauce drippings from the pan over the apples. Serve with ice cream, if desired.vanilla ice cream
Notes
- Baked Apples in Microwave: Baking in the oven is preferred, but for the microwave, place prepared apples in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 5-8 minutes, or until tender.
- Sliced Baked Apples: Try my Apple Crisp!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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*I originally shared this recipe September 2015. Updated October 2018, December 2021, August 2024 and September 2026.
We had a nice chilly weekend and I had lots of fresh picked apples so….I made these delicious baked apples. My kitchen smelled so good and the taste of warm sweet apples!!!! The family has asked me to make again very soon.
I made these “Baked Apples” using 4 Haralson variety apples. The filling is not overly sweet, nor were the apples. The pecans (which I subbed for the walnuts) added a nice textural bite, as my apples really cooked down. They did, however, keep their shape, and kept the brown sugar goodness inside. No issues with the filling leaking out. A small scoop of vanilla ice cream complimented these perfectly.
These were good and tasted like I remembered from my childhood (it’s been a long time). Super fast and easy to make, super easy to eat.
I have found that I can’t go wrong with any of Lauren’s recipes. Her Lemon Bars are so good, I made them twice in the last two weeks!
Not only was this super easy but it was a lighter option (versus pie). I added golden raisins and really enjoyed it.
Made these today, for Labor Day dessert. So good. My apples were ginormous so they took the full 45 minutes.
Easy and fun to make. We tested out the recipe with a basic red apple but I think a Granny Smith would be delicious and reminiscent of mom’s apple pie.
Delicious! My husband thought it should have a topping on it, so I might make a crisp topping with oatmeal next time. But these were delicious as is with some vanilla frozen custard!
loved your Baked Apples can’t wait to try more
I made this tonight. I followed the recipe with the exception of putting about a tablespoon of cinnamon candies in the water and I basted the apples with those throughout the baking process. Mine baked for 40 minutes at 350 and were done. The apple I used for Honeycrisp from an Orchard here in North Carolina. My apples were medium sized, and I had plenty of filling for them per the recipe.
Very good, don’t listen to the other people that rated it bad, they don’t know how to follow a recipe lol it turned out perfectly and was really good with ice cream. Thank you so much. I made 5 apples instead of 4 cause mine were smaller just added a little more ingredients!