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Baked Apples with Creme Fraiche

For a treat that's good to the core, give these baked apples a try. If you can't get your hands on the Creme Fraiche, use sour cream in its place. It's every bit as good.
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Course Candy / Truffles / Petite Fours, Fruit Desserts
Cuisine Continental
Servings 8 servings
Calories 990.95 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tablespoon(s) vinegar, cider
  • 1 cup(s) apple juice
  • 1 gala apples
  • 3 teaspoon(s) brandy
  • 1/2 cup(s) sugar
  • 3 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  • 1/2 cup(s) creme fraiche
  • 1 vanilla ice cream

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Combine vinegar, juice, butter and sugar in a 13 x 9-inch glass-baking dish.
  • Cut off top 3/4 inch of apples to make lids.
  • Scoop out cores with a melon-ball cutter and replace lids.
  • Put apples in baking dish and cover with foil.
  • Bake in middle of oven until very tender but still intact,1 to 1-1/4 hours.
  • Transfer apples to plates and boil pan juices with brandy in a saucepan until reduced to about 1 cup.
  • Fill apples with creme fraiche and serve with sauce, or top baked apple with vanilla ice cream, and spoon sauce over ice cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 990.95kcalCarbohydrates: 84.42gProtein: 4.74gFat: 49.63gSaturated Fat: 31.68gCholesterol: 151.59mgSodium: 68.71mgFiber: 5.5gSugar: 72.18g
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