Baked Apples with Candied Walnuts

Name: Baked Apples with Candied Walnuts
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters thick yogurt (preferably Greek), sour cream, or crème fraîche; 2 teaspoons honey plus additional (optional) for drizzling; 2 Gala or Golden Delicious apples; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsps unsalted butter; 118 milliliters walnut pieces, toasted

Baked Apples with Candied Walnuts might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegetarian recipe has 242 calories, 3g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have salt, walnut pieces, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Oil a baking sheet.

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Cooking Oil

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Halve apples lengthwise and remove core with a melon-ball cutter or a paring knife. Melt butter in a 10-inch heavy ovenproof skillet over moderate heat and sprinkle with 1/2 tablespoon sugar. Arrange apple halves, cut sides down, on sugar and cook, undisturbed, until sugar begins to caramelize, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Apple

Butter

Melon

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Knife

Transfer skillet to oven and bake apples until tender, about 15 minutes.

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Apple

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Oven

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While apples are baking, cook remaining 1/4 cup sugar with salt in a dry 7- to 8-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat, undisturbed, until sugar begins to melt, about 2 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a fork, until sugar is melted into a deep golden caramel, 1 to 2 minutes more.

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Caramel