Apples are always available and are usually not expensive. Of course, they are at their best in the fall, but they do keep well. Eating them out of your hand is the most nutritious way to eat them, but apples lend themselves to many quick and delicious desserts.
I love desserts and dinner never seems finished unless there is something sweet to top it off. Cooking and baking is a science unto itself. You can’t just do what you want with recipes for baked goods because they often won’t turn out right. Baked apples are a fun exception.
If you don’t like to cook, making an apple pie might be over the top for you. Many people just can’t make a good crust to save their life. My solution is a delicious, easy apple dessert that will cause you no stress. You make the filling for an apple pie, put it on top of ice cream and forget about the crust.
Melt 1½ tablespoons of butter and put the melted butter into an 8” baking dish. Mix ¾ cup sugar with ½ teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle that evenly on top of the melted butter. Cut 4 unpeeled apples into medium pieces and scatter them on top of the cinnamon sugar. Bake 45-60 minutes depending on the variety of apple you chose. Some take longer to cook than others. The apples are done when they are soft. Serve it warm over vanilla ice cream.
This beats any ready-made dessert you can buy. You can control how sweet it is and you didn’t add anything artificial. Cooking doesn’t get any faster, easier or more fun than this.
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