Bratapfeln German Baked Apples Recipes

BRATAPFELN (GERMAN BAKED APPLES) RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat oven to 450 F.
• Core apples (or cut into quarters, core, and put back together).
• Mix together the butter and sugar. Add raisins and walnuts.
• Pack the filling into the hollowed-out apples.
• Place in buttered baking dish and cover with lid or aluminum foil.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the tip of a thin knife can easily pierce the apple. Meanwhile, make the vanilla sauce.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a medium heatproof bowl, beat together the egg yolks and both sugars (if you are using vanilla extract instead of vanilla sugar, it will be added later) until the yolks are thick and pale yellow and the sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
• In a heavy-bottomed 2-quart saucepan, bring the 2 cups of milk to a boil. Pour the hot milk slowly in a thin stream over the egg yolk mixture, whisking continuously by hand or with an electric mixer.
• Pour the tempered egg-yolks back into the saucepan and heat without boiling until mixture coats the back of a spoon
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the vanilla extract, if you are using it instead of the vanilla sugar. Serve warm drizzled over baked apples.

BAVARIAN (GERMAN) BAKED APPLES WITH MARZIPAN

Steps:

• Wash the apples; core with apple corer. Remove stem, crown and core, but not the bottom.
• Knead marzipan with sugar and Arrack (or rum) until it crumbles. Add the ginger. Mix.
• Fill apples with the mixture. Place in ovenproof dish. Pour wine around apples. Sprinkle apples with almond flakes and dot with little pieces of butter.
• Cover with foil. Bake at 420 for about 1/2 hour (time depends on kind of apple use).