Baked apples in the oven are very tasty! And if it is supplemented with different fillers, the enthusiasm is doubly guaranteed. But the taste is not the only advantage of this product: it will give your body health! So, the baked apple, which you eat in the morning on an empty stomach, will act as a gentle laxative and diuretic, so they eat with constipation, edema and cholecystitis. In addition, about half of the sucrose contained in apples, when baked, breaks down into fructose and glucose, which are very well absorbed by the body. They have a more sweet taste than sucrose. Baked apples, the recipe of which will be told here, it is not difficult to cook at all. The main thing in this business is to choose the right variety. For this Macintosh, Granny Smith, Antonovka and Runet are good - green apples with strong peel and hard flesh with sourness. Baked apples with various fillers: honey, cottage cheese, nuts, dried fruits, etc. No less tasty they are obtained with meat minced meat. They can be prepared as a separate dish or dessert, and cut into slices - as a side dish. We offer you several recipes for baked apples. Try to cook them. They will please you!
Baked apples with nuts and dried fruits
Baked apples are a good dessert, which your guests will like. Ingredients:
- 4 large green apples,
- A handful of dark fine raisins,
- 2 fetuses of dried figs,
- 2 dried dates,
- 1 tablespoon almonds, cashews and pine nuts,
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon,
- a pinch of ground ginger,
- Liquid honey or maple syrup for filing.
Preparation: For 20 minutes, the figs and raisins should be poured with warm water, then dried and chopped. Nuts and dates - chop. Mix the dried fruits, nuts, ginger and cinnamon. At apples to take out a core. To do this, very carefully, with a small spoon or a special knife, take out a part of the pulp, trying not to damage the walls, leaving the whole whole. To prevent the apples from bursting during baking, it is recommended to stick them with a toothpick from all sides. Next, the apples prepared in this way are densely stuffed with a mixture of dried fruits and nuts. Then each apple wrapped in foil, leaving a small hole on top. Put them on a baking sheet and bake in an oven heated up to 180 degrees, for 35 minutes. Baked apples in the oven are served hot, warm or cold with honey or maple syrup. 
Apples stuffed with chicken
Baked apples in a hot oven are delicious and unusual. They can be served as a second course or an original snack. Ingredients:
- 8 large apples,
- 500 g minced chicken,
- 50 g walnuts,
- 50 g of prunes without seeds,
- 1 onion-turnip,
- 2 cloves garlic,
- 1 egg,
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil,
- 2 tablespoons butter,
- 2 tablespoons of sugar,
- 1 cup chicken broth.
Preparation: Rinse prunes and finely chop. Nuts chop and fry in a dry frying pan for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Onion and garlic grind and fry in vegetable oil for 4 minutes. Add chicken mince, stir and 6 minutes fry, kneading lumps. Transfer to a bowl. Add nuts, garlic, egg. To stir thoroughly. Apples wash, cut off the tops, gently remove the core and part of the pulp, leaving the edges about 1 cm and the bottom. Fill the apples with the prepared filling, cover with cut tops and put in the baking dish. In the saucepan, melt butter, add sugar and cook for 3 minutes, stirring. Pour broth, stir again. With this sauce, pour the apples in the form, cover and put in a preheated oven for 180 minutes for 10 minutes. As a result, you will get a wonderful dish - baked apples in the oven! 
Fast Baked Apples
Many people like baked apples, but, for some reasonreasons, not everyone wants to use the oven. Therefore, we offer a recipe for baked apples in a microwave oven. It turns out delicious and fast. Ingredients:
- 2 apples, grade Antonovka,
- 3 teaspoons of granulated sugar.
Preparation: With apples cut off the tops, carefully take out the core, making a kind of, not very deep, cup. Cover it with sugar (about 1.5 teaspoons in each), cover with cut tops. Apples put in a deep plate, on top - close another or a special lid. Put in a microwave oven, where to cook them for 5 minutes. Slightly cooled apples can be sprinkled with powdered sugar. Baked apples in the microwave, thanks to their rapid cooking, it is useful to eat for breakfast or please them unexpectedly arrived guests. It remains to say: a pleasant appetite! Do not forget that baked apples are healthy. Include them in your family menu, especially since the baked delicious apples in the microwave will not require you to spend a lot of time. We advise you to read:
