Candied Apples for Grown-Ups
It’s Apple-Searing Season
It’s that time of year again — the time when you, the Martha of your friend circle, take your less-than-enthusiastic friends apple-picking at a local farm. Every apple is more perfect than the last, and by the end of the day you find that you’re bringing home more apples than you know what to do with.
No need to wait for some complicated apple recipe to fall from the tree. This simple dessert is a more sophisticated (and far healthier) version of those sticky-sweet candied apples from childhood — though who doesn’t love a good candied apple, am I right?
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Halve and core those juicy apples, then brush their insides with egg whites. Combine the yumminess of almonds, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar in another dish, and press that apple into the mixture. Brown the sugary-sweet side in a saucepan while adding water and prune juice to the mixture to give the excess liquid in the pan a syrupy feel.
Serve with some ice cream, and have a grown-up childhood dessert.
1/4 cup almonds
3/4 teaspoon chopped candied ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
2 Gala or McIntosh apples, halved and cored
1 egg white
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup water
1 3/4 cups prune juice
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a dry skillet over medium-high heat, toast the almonds until light golden brown and fragrant, stirring frequently. Let cool and grind into a fine powder.
3. Combine the almonds, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar in a shallow dish. Brush the apples with the egg white and press into the spice mixture.
4. Heat the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Brown the cut side of the apples in the pan for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn the apples over and add 1/2 cup of water and the prune juice. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 1 hour, or until the apples are tender and the sauce is reduced to a thick syrup.
5. Place an apple half on each of 4 dessert plates and spoon the sauce over each.
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