Instructions

1. What are the best apples for Baked Apples?  We use good old Granny Smith apples.  We like a little tartness with our cinnamon and sugar.  
2. Wash, peel, and slice the apples. The more uniform your apple slices, the more uniform they will cook so we used our apple slicer.
3. Pat the apples dry with a paper towel.
4. Toss the apple slices with the juice of 1/2 a lemon to keep the oxidation down and add a little brightness to the recipe.
5. In a separate bowl, mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and cornstarch until combined.
6. Pour the sugar mixture in with the apple slices and toss. 
7. Drizzle in the vanilla and continue to toss until they are completely coated with the sugar mixture and then pour the slices into a shallow baking dish. We used a ceramic pie plate.
8. Cover the apples with a few pads of butter.
9. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and place it in an oven that has been preheated to 350 degrees. Every 15 minutes we pulled the apples out of the oven and stirred them up to make sure they were completely covered with this yummy Cinnamon and Sugar syrup. After 45 minutes, check the apples.  Our Baked Apples were still a little underdone so we baked them for an additional 15 minutes without the aluminum foil cover.  Check frequently until the apple slices are cooked to your taste.  We like ours cooked through but not too mushy.  For us, that was after a total of 60 minutes in the oven.
10. While the Baked Apples are cooling a bit, make up a batch of our super yummy and easy-to-make Homemade Cinnamon Whipped Cream.  This is the perfect topping to this yummy Fall treat.  You will find the recipe and directions right here.
11. Allow to cool slightly and then they are ready to serve!