Spanish Baked Apples
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 1 tbsp. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/4 cup whole almonds, toasted, chopped
- 1/4 cup walnut halves, toasted, chopped
- 1/4 cup raisins
- 4 dried figs, chopped
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 4 medium Golden Delicious apples
- 1 1/4 cups apple juice
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 350°F. Melt shortening in large skillet over medium heat. Add nuts, raisins and figs; saute 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and salt.
- Step 2
REMOVE a 1 1/4-inch wide center core from each apple. Cut a 1/4-inch slice off top of each apple so top surface is flat. Place apples in 8-inch square baking pan.
- Step 3
SPOON nut mixture evenly into the centers of apples, mounding any additional mixture on tops of apples. Pour 1 cup apple juice into pan. Cover tightly with foil. Bake 30 minutes. Uncover; bake an additional 10 minutes or until fork tender.
- Step 4
WHISK cornstarch and remaining 1/4 cup apple juice in small saucepan until smooth. Remove apples from baking pan. Strain pan juices into saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute. Spoon sauce over warm baked apples. Serve with ice cream.
Serving size
(1/4 of recipe)
- Calories 330
- Calories from Fat110g
- Total Fat 13g
- Saturated Fat 1g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 80mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 57g
- Dietary Fiber 7g
- Sugars 37g
- Protein 4g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet