Baked Cinnamon Apples
Sweet and tender baked cinnamon apples make a great side dish, dessert, or topping for pork chops, and they are so easy to make! Baking the apples brings out their natural sweetness and the sauce is perfectly caramelized, plus you can't beat them when served with ice cream!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 168kcal
Prep 10 minutes
Cooking 45 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3-4 large apples (peeled, cored, and sliced)
- ½ tablespoon lemon juice
- ⅔ cup water
- ½ tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ cup light brown sugar (packed- use ¼ cup when pairing with sweets)
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter (melted)
- 1 pinch salt
(Note: 2x or 3x only changes the ingredient list)
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Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly butter, grease, or spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- While the oven preheats, peel and slice your apples (*see note) and coat them with lemon juice to prevent browning. Layer the apples into your prepared baking dish.
- Mix the water, flour, and cornstarch until smooth, then add the light brown sugar, cinnamon, melted butter, and salt. Stir until well-combined and pour the mixture over the apples.
- Bake the apples for 20 minutes before taking them out and stirring them. Place the apples back in the oven, removing them every 15 minutes to stir, until the apples are tender (about 45 minutes total).
- Remove the baked cinnamon apples from the oven once they reach your desired level of tenderness, then allow to cool slightly before serving warm.
Notes
- Apple slices should be cut so that they are approximately the same size and thickness so that they bake up evenly.
- I prefer using Honeycrisp apples or Braeburn. Golden Delicious, Crispin, Cortland, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Fuji, Gala, McIntosh, Pink Lady, Winesap, and Rome are also great apples for baking. Any firm, semi-sweet apples will do. Avoid tender apple varieties like Red Delicious apples, they won't hold up well to being cooked for so long.
- Keep your oven toasty by closing the door when you remove the baked apples to stir. This also keeps your cooking time on point.
Nutrition
Calories: 168kcal (8%) | Carbohydrates: 39g (13%) | Protein: 1g (2%) | Fat: 2g (3%) | Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 5mg (2%) | Sodium: 31mg (1%) | Potassium: 186mg (5%) | Fiber: 4g (17%) | Sugar: 33g (37%) | Vitamin A: 139IU (3%) | Vitamin C: 7mg (8%) | Calcium: 26mg (3%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)
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