Amaretto Baked Apples Recipes

AMARETTO APPLE DIP

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, brown sugar, powdered sugar, amaretto, vanilla extract, and milk in a food processor. Process until creamy.

WARM AMARETTO APPLES

Steps:

• Peel apples, core, cut into 1/2-inch dice and set aside.
• Melt butter in medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add apples, sprinkle with sugar and saute until tender, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in raisins.
• Add liqueur and cook until liquid reduces to glaze, about 1 minute.
• Divide between 2 dessert dishes.
• Garnish with almonds and whipped cream. Serve immediately.

AMARETTO APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 4 mini-loaf pans or 1 regular-sized loaf pan.
• With an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla, continuing to beat until well mixed.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon, mix well.
• Add half of the flour mixture to the butter/egg mixture, mix well.
• Add milk and Amaretto to the mixture, then the rest of the flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Fold in chopped apple, mixing gently but thoroughly.
• Pour mixture into loaf pan, or divide among mini-loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes (25-30 for mini-loaf pans) until toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and let cool on a rack.

AMARETTO BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• 1 Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter a baking dish just large enough to hold the apples standing upright. 2 Remove the apple cores and peel the apples about two-thirds of the way down from the stem end. 3 Place the amaretti cookies in a plastic bag and crush them gently with a heavy object, such as a rolling pin. In a medium bowl, blend the crumbs with the sugar and butter. 4 Stuff a little of the mixture into the center of each apple. Spoon the amaretto over the apples. Pour 1 cup water around the apples. 5 Bake 45 minutes or until the apples are tender when pierced with a knife. Serve warm or at room temperature. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

AMARETTO BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• 1 Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter a baking dish just large enough to hold the apples standing upright. 2 Remove the apple cores and peel the apples about two-thirds of the way down from the stem end. 3 Place the amaretti cookies in a plastic bag and crush them gently with a heavy object, such as a rolling pin. In a medium bowl, blend the crumbs with the sugar and butter. 4 Stuff a little of the mixture into the center of each apple. Spoon the amaretto over the apples. Pour 1 cup water around the apples. 5 Bake 45 minutes or until the apples are tender when pierced with a knife. Serve warm or at room temperature. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.