Is there a way to make baked apples look pretty? Both my dentist and someone I follow on Twitter (Crescent Dragonwagon, has a new ckbk coming out this spring!) brought this up this week.
Usually I don't care so much if a food is plain and tastes good, but this piqued my interest. My prettiest baked apple dish is baked apples stuffed with fresh cranberries, butter and brown sugar, cinnamon, then sub cranberry juice for water in the baking dish. Can't say it's truly beautiful, tho. Considering if glazing after baking would help. Thoughts??
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2. Don't overbake the apples.
3. After baking, if your apple/cranberry juices are too thin, pour them into a saucepan and let it reduce over medium heat to a syrupy glaze. If you're not happy with the color, or if you want to add a spicy kick to the sauce, add two or three cinnamon red-hot candies to the syrup and allow to melt before pouring over the apples.