Carliles’ Baked Apple Slices

At the end of the year, my family does a few special things to celebrate the holidays. 

My family doesn’t have many traditional recipes, especially during the holidays, however we sometimes like to experiment with different foods that everyone can enjoy. 

The dessert category is particularly popular with my family, considering the fact that a few of us have a major weakness for sweets, me especially, yet we always find it easier to just buy a dessert from the store rather than making something ourselves. 

This year, in an attempt to make something different than usual, my mom and I decided to try making a dessert that we haven’t tried before. The dessert is very simple, baked apple slices.

I didn’t let the dish’s simplicity fool me because despite how basic it sounded, the dessert made for a delicious holiday food that my entire family has enjoyed. 

There are only a few simple steps needed to be able to successfully recreate these baked apple slices. 

First, the most important ingredient, the apples. I thought that about four or five apples would be enough for a serving for my family of five, however I was proven wildy incorrect as soon as the apples came out of the oven. 

After the apples are baked, they have a tendency to shrink down, and it seems like there are a lot less apples than there were to begin with. Because of this, I advise to buy a few more apples than you think necessary to begin preparation for this dessert. 

I think that the apples are best served piled on top of a bowl of vanilla ice cream. However, they can be enjoyed in any way. 

In total, it only took my mom and I about an hour to complete making this dessert, and it was then quickly devoured and polished off by the entire household. Even my cats sniffed the dessert with curiosity. 

When my mom pulled the apples out of the oven, I was blown away by how good they smelled. The entire kitchen smelled like cinnamon, and it was perfect for creating a holiday atmosphere. 

I quickly grabbed a bowl and scooped some vanilla ice cream into it then added the apples, excited to try the dessert fresh out of the oven. When I took the first bite, it was even better than I imagined. The combination of the flavorful warm apple slices, and the cool sweet vanilla ice cream was ridiculously good. I had to steal a little more of just the apple slices immediately afterwards. 

The apple slices were tart and melted in my mouth, and the flavorful spices created a warm comforting feeling. 

The dish is pretty similar to the filling in an apple pie but even more flavorful, especially when the baked apples are fresh out of the oven. 

After I helped myself to more of the apple slices, the rest of my family finished off the dish, and we agreed to make it again soon before the holidays were over. 

The simple ingredient of apples was able to create such a delicious dessert, and now we can easily make a holiday recipe with just a few short steps and a little time. 

Ingredients

3/4 cup of sugar

1 tablespoon of flour

1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg 

1/4 a cup of butter

3 apples, sliced

Handful of walnuts, optional

Handful of raisins, optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F

Put the sliced apples into a baking dish.

 In a separate bowl, mix together all of the other ingredients, then pour the mixture over the apple slices. 

Add a few small squares of butter to the top of the baking dish, and sprinkle on more spices if needed. 

Bake apples, uncovered, for about 45 minutes to an hour.