Monday, October 5, 2009

Magic Apples

Yes, we are all about naming our foods in a fun way & it makes experimenting all the more tasty. My son and his friend had a lot of creative input and taste testing on this project. Again, we made this creation in three different versions, putting a new twist on an old recipe and this was our favorite creation;


Magic Apples

Medium apple
1 T. peanut butter
1 T. honey
½ tsp. cinnamon
1 marshmallow
Optional: 1 T. chocolate morsels (highly recommended by kids!)
Aluminum foil

Pull out a piece of foil large enough to wrap around your entire apple; set aside. Heat the oven to 375 degrees.

Wash, peel and core the apple. Using an apple slicer, slice down the apple almost all the way to the bottom, but not quite all of the way. The goal is to begin to make apple wedges, but keep the apple connected for baking. If you go all of the way to bottom, no worries, simply hold the apple together and follow the rest of the directions. It’s still usable.

Place the apple in the center of the foil and begin to wrap the apple, leaving the top exposed so that you can fill the center of your cored apple.

Mix the peanut butter, honey and cinnamon together with a spoon. Stir in the chocolate morsels if desired. Fill the apple with the peanut butter mixture. Place the marshmallow into the center of the apple, pushing it down so that it is fully into the center on top of the peanut butter mixture.

Wrap the foil up around the top of the apple. Place the wrapped apple onto a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.