Baked Sweet Apples
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash the apples well.
Place them in a pan with a little water to prevent burning.
Bake
If using a brick oven, put the apples in a jar and cover it tightly.
Bake for five to six hours until tender.
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
- Apples
- Soften into tender flesh and develop sweetness as they bake slowly.
The step that matters
Place the apples in a pan with a little water. Over a long bake, the water turns to steam and keeps the pan and fruit from scorching, so the sugars in the apples caramelise gently rather than burning.
“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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