Campfire Baked Apples
A Hometown Favorite!Did you know that All Seasons RV’s home in Wenatchee is also known as the Apple Capital of the World? This recipe is a hometown favorite of ours: Campfire Baked Apples. Yum!
Ingredients:
- 4 large apples
- 2 T lemon juice
- 1/4 cup cranberries, dried
- 2 T raisins
- 2 T walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon, ground
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg, ground
- 1 T butter, unsalted, softened
Directions:
- Using a knife or an apple corer carefully core:
- 4 large apples , such as Gala or Granny Smith
- Be sure not to break open the apples.
- Brush the inside of the apples with:
- 1 TBS lemon juice
- Place each apple on their own 10-inch square sheet of aluminum foil.
- In a small bowl, mix:
- 1 TBS lemon juice
- 1/4 cup cranberries, dried
- 2 TBS raisins
- 2 TBS walnuts , chopped
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon, ground
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg, ground
- 1/2 TBS butter, unsalted , softened
- Press dried fruit mixture into the center of each cored apple.
- Cut into four pieces:
- 1/2 TBS butter, unsalted
- Place one piece of butter on top of each apple, over the center filled with the dried fruit mixture.
- Wrap each apple tightly with the aluminum foil.
- Place aluminum foil wrapped apples in or next to hot coals, not onto open flame, and cook for 30 minutes – 1 hour. Keep checking your apples. If coals are too hot, remove from coals and place on a grate over the coals. Apples are done when they feel tender when squeezed. Serve warm.*
Notes:
Serving Suggestions: Mix it up with different nuts (pecans, macadamia nuts) and dried fruits (dried apricots, currants, cherries). For an extra indulgent, during the last 5 minutes of cooking time, add 1 caramel candy square on top of apple.
