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Baked Apples with Honey, Oats & Walnuts

The Orchard Witch's Apples

Whole apples, cored and filled with oats, walnuts, raisins, honey and warm spices, then baked in cider until they slump. Serve them with thick yogurt and a drizzle of honey.

Fork or mugMake-aheadVegetarian
Prep15 min
Cook45 min
Total1 hr
Yield6 apples

At the table: Warm or at room temperature through a meal.

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  1. As written: filled and baked.

  2. Pour off the pan juices and boil them on the stove into a glossy syrup to spoon over the apples.

  3. Make your own cider syrup (apple cider boiled down to a quarter) and a spiced yogurt cream.

  4. Serve each apple on a pool of warm honeyed cream sauce, with a candied walnut and a mint leaf.

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Why nowIt's a whole piece of fruit, lightly sweetened, and it smells like a feast hall while it bakes.

Baked Apples with Honey, Oats & Walnuts
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Ingredients

6

As written: 6 apples.

Kosher salt means Diamond Crystal. With Morton kosher salt, use about half.

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 375°F. Core the apples with an apple corer or melon baller, leaving the bottom ½ inch whole so the filling stays in. Score a shallow line around each apple's middle so the skin doesn't burst.

  2. Mix the oats, walnuts, raisins, honey, butter, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a bowl.

  3. Pack the filling into the apples and stand them in a baking dish. Pour the cider around them.

  4. Bake 40 to 50 minutes, spooning the pan juices over once halfway.

    Look forA knife slides into the apples easily and the skins are wrinkled.

  5. Serve warm with a spoon of yogurt and a drizzle of honey.

Make ahead

Bake up to 2 days ahead and chill. Rewarm 15 minutes at 350°F, or eat cold.

Holding

Warm or at room temperature through a meal.

Allergens

Contains tree nuts (walnuts), milk (butter, yogurt), check oats are labeled gluten-free if needed. Always check labels on packaged ingredients.

Notes

Dairy-free: use coconut oil and a plant yogurt. Vegan: also swap the honey for maple syrup.

Nut-free: use pumpkin seeds.

Tavern Night

This dish's twist table (d6)

1–2The classic stands. No twist. Cook it as written.
3Herb swap. A pinch of ground cardamom in the filling
4Acid strike. Fill them with a few tart cranberries too
5Plating challenge. Serve in their own juices in shallow bowls
6Host's boon. The Host picks any twist above, or the table invents one. The safety rule still applies.

Roll before you start cooking. No twist ever changes a time, a temperature or how done something must be.