Shelly's Recipe

BAKED APPLES WITH WHISKEY AND BROWN SUGAR

Category: Fruit Desserts

8 cut, cored, quartered and unpeeled apples (Red Delicious, Rome or McIntosh apples are recommended)
1-3/4 sticks salted butter
1/2 cup whiskey or to taste
3-3/4 cups brown sugar lightly packed
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Dash nutmeg

In a 15 inch by 10 inch by 2 inch baking dish place quartered, cut and cored apples skin side up 2 layers deep and add water. Place additional apple pieces over the holes created by the first layer until you have a relatively even surface (enough to fill dish to 3/4 full). Cut butter into 1/4 inch pats and place over apples. Drizzle whiskey over apples. Next pat brown sugar firmly over apples and cover brown sugar with white sugar. Do not pat. Simply smooth white sugar over brown sugar by hand. Sprinkle ground cinnamon and nutmeg lightly on top of white sugar. Preheat oven to 350. Place baking dish on baking tray or cookie sheet in case apples bubble over the baking dish. Bake at for 1 hour.

Place 1 or 2 apple pieces in a dessert bowl and pour a tbsp of the apple juices over the apple slices. Top with a tbsp of sea salt toasted English walnut pieces and finish with a dollop of whipped cream. This dessert can also be served with walnut pieces and a scoop of cinnamon ice cream