Apple Dessert Recipe » Holiday Baked Apples

Baked red apples have a strong, sweet flavor and a buttery cinnamon filling with a hint of coconut. Eat with a knife and fork. Goes well with vanilla ice cream or alone.

Ingredients

• 1 large Red Delicious apple
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon finely shredded coconut
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch brown sugar, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cut the core and seeds out of apple, leaving about a 1/2 in the bottom, creating a well-like hole. Mix 2 tablespoons brown sugar, butter, coconut, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a bowl; fill well in the apple with brown sugar mixture. Place stuffed apple in a baking dish.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until apple is tender, about 30 minutes. Transfer baked apple to a serving bowl and drizzle any remaining juices from baking dish over apple; sprinkle with 1 pinch brown sugar and cinnamon.

Nutrition Facts

• calories348.4
• carbohydrateContent62 g
• cholesterolContent30.5 mg
• fatContent13.2 g
• fiberContent7.3 g
• proteinContent1 g
• saturatedFatContent8.6 g
• sodiumContent105.4 mg
• sugarContent51.1 g