Sweet, plump, juicy Baked Apples that makes its own caramel sauce!! This is a terrific quick and easy dessert for assembling ahead then popping in the oven while you’re eating dinner. Just don’t forget the ice cream! Recipe video below.
Prep time: PT15M
Cook time: PT40M
Total time: PT55M
Rating
4.91 stars (33 reviews)
Ingredients
4 apples (, juicy ones (Modi red apples are ideal, Note 1))
3/4 cup water
2 tsp cornflour/cornstarch
1 cup walnuts or pecans (, chopped (or sub with oats))
2 tbsp maple syrup ((or honey or golden syrup))
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup brown sugar (, packed)
75 g / 5 tbsp unsalted butter (, melted)
Pinch of salt
Steps
Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
Mix Filling ingredients together then set aside while you prep the apples – it will firm up and become scoopable (pop in fridge if its super hot where you are).
Cut the apples in half through the core then use an ice cream scooper, spoon or small knife to scoop out the core (see video).
Place apples in a baking dish so they are reasonably snug – you don’t want heaps of space around them. Pile Filling on the apples – I use an ice cream scoop.
Mix cornflour with a splash of the water, mix to dissolve, then add remaining water. Pour around the apples.
Cover with foil, bake 20 minutes. Remove foil, then bake a further 20 minutes until the crumb is deep golden and the apples are tender (but not sloppy soft) and there’s a syrupy caramel in the pan (it thickens a bit more when serving).
To serve, spoon over caramel sauce, then top with ice cream and serve with more sauce!
Reviews
Kim on 2025-10-31 (5 stars): What is the best way to store leftovers?
Angelica on 2025-10-13 (5 stars): The ultimate comfort food dessert!
Eloise on 2025-09-21 (5 stars): These were so delicious! A hit with the whole family.
Elise Pryor on 2025-06-30 (5 stars): Amazing - easy and delicious. Will definitely make this again. Used Jazz apples, they were perfect.
Jackie Lewis on 2025-06-10 (5 stars): Amazing made this last night and was so impressed.
Will definitely be making this again.
Laura on 2025-05-19 (5 stars): Made this last night and loooooved it. I immediately got the post-dessert clarity and vowed not to do it again for a long time but...I'm already craving them. Delicious.
Michelle on 2024-11-25 (4 stars): I loved this, so easy and delicious!!! The only issue I had was the apple skins. They had cooked well through, but when eating, cutting through with a spoon was not so easy. I used Pink Lady apples. Could scoring the skins before cooking be an option?
Nicole on 2024-10-26 (5 stars): These apples are really easy and really delicious. Perfect crowd feeding hot dessert!
Linda S. on 2024-10-18 (4 stars): Yum!! Definite keeper! Very very easy recipe and it turns out impressive. If you want to impress THIS is the recipe. Used fuji apples as thats what we had. Also used 1/2 coarsely chopped hazelnuts and 1/2 golden raisins for filling. Great crunch and sweetness. Topped with whipped cream and the caramel sauce. C’mon!
MERIDETH BAKER on 2024-09-28 (4 stars): I normally just eat an apple if I want an apple, but I've been craving baked apples and saw Nagi's video on YouTube. I haven't seen Modi apples in my small-town Midwest US grocery store, so I used Honeycrisps. They needed an extra 30 minutes to get a bit tender but still firm. (I baked in a terracotta apple baking dish, so maybe that accounts for the difference?) I also used apple juice instead of water--a bit sweet for my liking, but I think hubs and the boy will love it. I might use a little more cornstarch next time, bc my caramel sauce is still very thin.
Vicky on 2024-04-07 (5 stars): These were delicious as a dessert with ice-cream but definitley only needed one half so had the other half with my porridge this morning - absolutely devine.
Simone Hubbard on 2022-12-26 (5 stars): Make this as a last minute Xmas dessert! Easy and crowd pleaser!
Janine on 2022-10-01 (5 stars): Hi Nagi,
Once again, you have come up with a fabulous recipe! I made these baked apples tonight (using Courtland apples) for company and they were delicious and very rich with caramel. Thank you for such a wonderful and easy recipe.
