Baked Apples with Maple-Walnut Sauce is essentially apple pie without all the fuss. This baked apples recipe will have you looking forward to apple season every year.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Baked Apples, Baked Apples with Maple-Walnut Sauce, Baked Apples with Sauce
Brush cut sides of apples with 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Arrange apples, cut sides up, in a baking dish. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl (you might need more than the recipe calls for depending on the size of your apples); sprinkle cut sides of apples with sugar mixture. Pour maple syrup in bottom of dish.
Cover with foil and bake 10 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more or until apples are tender. Transfer apples to a serving platter.
Pour pan juices into small saucepan and stir in remaining 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and salt; bring to a boil. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until sauce is thickened, stirring constantly.
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Notes
Apples can take a little longer to cook if they are large. Test if they are soft with a fork before removing from the oven.