Roasted Apples
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Wash and wipe the apples.
Place the apples in a bright tin pie plate with ½ cup of cold water.
Roast
Roast in a 400°F (200°C) oven until very soft, about 30 to 45 minutes depending on the size of the apples.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Bellflower or pippin apples
- Turns soft and tender as it roasts, and its natural sugars develop flavour.
The step that matters
Roast until very soft. Judge doneness by softness rather than only the clock, because apples vary in size and juiciness and the cooking time shifts with them. The water in the tin creates steam that keeps the apples moist while the flesh breaks down.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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