Hasselback apples are a fun twist of the classic apple crisp dish. They are rather like apple pie without the crust! Firm and somewhat tart apples work best...varieties like Honeycrisp or Ambrosia.
- 2 large crisp apples, peeled and cored
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- oatmeal crumble topping (recipe below)
- Pre-heat oven to 375°.
- Starting at the outer edge, make thin slices at 1/8"-1/4" intervals cutting most (but not all) of the way through each apple half.
- Place apple halves, cut side down, in an 8-inch square pan sprayed with cooking oil.
- Combine butter, sugar and cinnamon and brush evenly over each apple piece.
- Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and spoon oatmeal crumble mixture over apples halves, carefully fanning open apple slices.
- Return pan to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Turn broiler to high and broil for one or two minutes.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice-cream and a drizzle of your favorite caramel sauce.
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons butter
*When making a fruit crisp, I always do a large batch of 'crumble topping' and keep it on hand in the freezer. Those frozen crumbs come in handy when making Hasselback apples.
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Another clever idea from you ingenious MGs! Can't wait to try this.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea for baked apples and I love that you do a big batch of the crumbs - so handy!
ReplyDeleteI've had something like this called Blooming Apples . It was yummy! Ann
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