You can find this simple slow cooked baked apples recipe on page 177 of The Ultimate Slow Cooker Cookbook. This super easy winter dessert features a festive mix of mincemeat, orange zest, ginger and honey stuffed inside Bramley apples and baked slowly until juicy and fragrant. But the smell of the spices mixed with the apples is just perfect and this is an ideal pudding to serve on an cold Autumn or Winter day. You need just a handful of ingredients and you can also prepare this dessert well ahead of time and simply place the apples in your slow cooker when you’re ready. Not only do these slow cooker baked apples make a deliciously fruity winter dessert but the added bonus is they will make your kitchen smell delightful!
Photo by Danielle Wood.
Essential Kit
You will need a slow cooker.
Ingredients
4 small Bramley apples
4 level tablespoons of mincemeat
1 tablespoon of runny honey
zest and juice of 1 large orange
½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon of ground ginger
To serve:
vanilla ice cream or plain yoghurt
Method
Carefully remove the core of each apple and set the apples aside.
In a mixing bowl, mix together the mincemeat, honey, orange zest and juice and spices until well combined. Spoon into the cored apples, then place them in your slow cooker. Cook on low for 4–6 hours or high for 2 hours.
When cooked, carefully transfer the apples to a serving dish, then pour over the juices in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Serve your slow cooker baked apples hot with some vanilla ice cream or plain yoghurt.
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