I made baked apples
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
United States
December 22, 2012 1:48pm CST
You know those Rome apples I hate? Well I found a great way to enjoy them. I cut one in half and cored each side. I put sweetener and cinnamon on each half and nuked it for 5 minutes. They came out beautiful and I wish you could smell my kitchen. I'm going to make some in the oven on Christmas Day just to have the wonderful aroma.
You can make the with sugar instead if sweetener, but sugar makes me sick.
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@TheKingMan (292)
• India
22 Dec 12
Yeah, baked apples do taste really good and they have a pleasant aroma. You can find a lot of baked apple recipes on the Internet. They make a good desert too. Try experimenting them with bread. Yeah, it would be a good Christmas treat. But baking apples affects their nutrition quite a bit. You do lose a pretty amount of vitamins during the process. But who care when you dislike raw apples anyway. It's good to have what's left in it than worrying about something you could've never got.
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@TheKingMan (292)
• India
22 Dec 12
Same here, I prefer crispy apples too. Moreover I like them before they are totally ripe. It gives a crunch with every bite, I love the sound of it. How about green apples? I think they are quite crunchy but are too sour to be enjoyed.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
22 Dec 12
I hate soft apples. I live crisp apples though to eat raw. Sometimes we can only find Tomes in the store.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
22 Dec 12
No I don't have a picture of them. I wish I had. Rome apples are big and bright red. They are soft inside, which is why I don't like them. But they are good baked.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Dec 12
That sounds like a great idea. I could just simmer one for hours. I think I will do that tomorrow. Thanks.
@echoforever (5180)
• United States
22 Dec 12
I haven't even though of trying that with apples.. did they taste anything like apple pie? That is what it sounds like.
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@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
23 Dec 12
Well, minus the crust. I just love the flavor.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
22 Dec 12
what do Rome apples look like? Ive never heard of them in usa or in mexico. Sound good the way you made them. Have a great weekend...
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
22 Dec 12
They are a deep red and grow to be quite large. They are rather soft and not real juicy, but they are wonderful baked.
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
22 Dec 12
Whenever I have apples I do not care to eat straight I cook them. I like to take apples,cooked ground sausage and cooked rice and mix together then stuff the cavity of an acorn squash and bake it. Yummy
@TheKingMan (292)
• India
22 Dec 12
That's good, but you're aware that you lose quite a bit of nutrition when you cook the apples, right? You should also include raw apples in your meals once in a while.
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@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
22 Dec 12
We were talking about types of apples that for whatever reason do not taste good raw. Also, some people cannot digest raw apples. For a yummy salad kingman try shredded carrots, chopped apples, raisins, a few chopped nuts and kohlrabi shredded. Dress lightly and enjoy as it is full of many nutrients. It is a good fall salad when we are missing many of our usual fresh foods.
@TheKingMan (292)
• India
23 Dec 12
Sure, I will try it. Honestly speaking, I don't usually bother mixing fruits. It's not that I don't like it, but I guess I'm too lazy for that stuff. All I can do is tell this recipe to my mom or my girlfriend. I usually just grab raw fruits and start biting them off right away.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
22 Dec 12
I don't know if I have ever had a baked apple before. The ones you made sound really easy though. I am glad you were able to find a way to eat them that you enjoy rather than being stuck with apples that you do not like.
I am picky about my apples too. I don't like soft apples. Red Delicious are my LEAST favorite apple of all. I normally stick with Gala or Golden Delicious.
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
22 Dec 12
It is good that you found a way to enjoy the apples. Some apples are just a lot better used as baked apples or in baking than eaten raw, and this would be one such type.
I like either maple syrup or honey as a sweetener. I don't keep refined sugar on hand generally, and I can have a package of raw sugar for several months before we're anywhere near having it used up.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
22 Dec 12
Yes they are good. They are good with raisins in them too.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
26 Apr 13
hi dear PQ thats the right time I have read your discussion. Still have some apples in the fridge which start wrinkling a bit so guess what I am going to do in a moment as I want a hot healthy snack.......
@coxjoseph5 (209)
• United States
23 Dec 12
Rome are a very good cooking apple, apple sauce,apple piea, dried apple, and of course baked apples. to make the best baked apple,use the apple whole, at the stem end take small thin knife and take out core but leave the blossom end . use real butter and fill the core hole with butter and dark brown sugar. if you alergic to sugar use molasses, cook the required time in conventional or micro wave.
@habibti320 (925)
• United States
23 Dec 12
Mmmm I love baked apples with cinnamon! Normally, I don't even need any sweetener! Sometimes, I add a few cloves to them as well or make apple cinnamon oatmeal with them.
@BarBaraPrz (51831)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Dec 12
My mother used to make baked apples for dessert, but she'd use whole apples. After coring them, she'd put a bit of butter and some brown sugar in the well left by removing the core. She'd do them in individual pyrex dishes.
