Name: Baked Apples
Ingredients: moderately tart or very juicy sweet apples; a little water

Baked Apples

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

moderately tart or very juicy sweet apples
a little water

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

Select apples of nearly equal size and wipe them dry and clean.
Put a little water in the bottom of the baking vessel.

Bake

Place the apples in a hot oven at 400°F (200°C) and bake for about 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the type of apple.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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: Provide the fruit that softens and turns sweet and tender when baked.
Water: Creates steam in the baking vessel that helps the apples cook gently and stay moist.

“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.