Poached Candy Apples Recipes

CINNAMON POACHED APPLES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the sugar, water and red-hots to a boil. Cook and stir until red-hots are dissolved, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat; carefully add apples. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or just until apples are tender, turning once., With a slotted spoon, remove apples to a large bowl. Bring syrup to a boil; cook, uncovered, until reduced to about 1-1/2 cups. Cool. Pour syrup over apples; cover and refrigerate until serving.

POACHED CANDY APPLES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, melt the cinnamon candies in the apple cider. Add the apples and spoon the sauce over the tops to coat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender, turning occasionally during cooking and spooning the sauce over the tops. Serve warm with the sauce spooned over the apples, or allow to cool and chill in the sauce until ready to serve.

CINNAMON CANDIED APPLES

Steps:

• Peel apples and cut in half lengthwise; remove cores. In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring the water, sugar and candies to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar and candies are dissolved. Reduce heat; carefully add apples. Cook, uncovered, until apples are tender, about 8 minutes., With a slotted spoon, transfer apples to a serving dish; pour syrup over apples. Serve warm or chilled. Garnish with mint if desired.

POACHED APPLES IN CALVADOS

Steps:

• Remove core from apples & peel if desired (I would prefer them unpeeled).
• Combine water, Calvados, sugar + cinnamon stick in med saucepan & heat till sugar is dissolved.
• Add apples & cook over low-heat till apples are tender (about 25 min) & spoon liquid over apples occ. Carefully remove apples w/a slotted spoon, allow excess liquid to drain & place on individual serving plates.
• Cont cooking liquid till reduced by half, spoon over apples, sprinkle w/almonds & serve immediately.

CANDIED APPLES II

Steps:

• Lightly grease cookie sheets. Insert craft sticks into whole, stemmed apples.
• In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Heat to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads. Remove from heat and stir in food coloring.
• Holding apple by its stick, dip in syrup and remove and turn to coat evenly. Place on prepared sheets to harden.

CINNAMON POACHED APPLES WITH TOASTED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Bring apple juice, cinnamon, and ginger to a boil.
• Add apples, cover with parchment; simmer until tender, 8 minutes.
• Remove and sprinkle with walnuts.

POACHED APPLES WITH VANILLA CINNAMON SYRUP

Steps:

• In a roomy one gallon pot place peeled apples, vanilla, cinnamon and sugar. Cover with water then bring to a simmer over medium to low heat for twenty minutes. Once the apples are soft enough, pierce with a knife. Remove the apples with a slotted spoon to a holding plate. Reduce poaching liquid to a light syrup, then place the apples back in sauce pot and hold on warm until ready to serve.
• Use four small serving bowls with matching underliner plates then place one apple in the middle of each bowl. Pour warm syrup over each apple and then garnish cinnamon sticks and vanilla beans.