Fruit & Nut Slow Cooker Baked Apples |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 180 Minutes |
Ready In: 190 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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This recipe is from Easy Home Cooking, Slow Cooker recipe book. What better combination than apples with brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts. This recipe is a little different from others here, because it calls for dried apricots in the brown sugar mixture. Your house will smell divine when these are cooking! Ingredients:
4 large baking apples (rome or cortland) |
1 tablespoon lemon juice |
1/3 cup chopped dried apricot |
1/3 cup chopped walnuts or 1/3 cup pecans |
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
2 tablespoons butter, melted |
Directions:
1. Scoop out the center of each apple, leaving about 1/2 inch of the bottom.
2. Peel top of apple down about 1 inch.
3. Brush peeled edges with lemon juice.
4. Mix apricots, nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
5. Add melted butter and mix well.
6. Spoon mixture evenly into apple cavities.
7. Pour 1/2 cup of water into the bottom of slow cooker.
8. Arrange apples in slow cooker.
9. Cover and cook on LOW 3-4 hours, or until apples are tender.
10. (optional) Serve warm with caramel ice cream topping.
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