Baked Apples Stuffed with Hazelnut and Amaretti

Hello There!

Today’s recipe is a super easy one: baked stuffed apples!

These serve as the perfect dinner dessert or afternoon snack.

They can be served alone or if you’re really greedy, with a scoop of vanilla or hazelnut ice-cream.

For this recipe, I used Pink Lady apples because I like the crunchiness of the texture, but if you like your steamed/baked apples to be all smooshy and soft, then the Golden ones would probably work better.

I baked my own Amaretti but you can easily buy packaged ones. If you’ve never baked them and want to try it out, you can find the recipe below. The original recipe call for a mix of bitter and sweet (regular) almonds but you can use regular almonds and use a teaspoon of almond extract.

Now that we got that out of the way, let’s talk about the hardest part of the recipe: carving the apples. To be honest, this is the only step of the recipe that requires any form of skills higher than a toddler’s (no offense to the toddlers around the world) but it can compromise the final result if not done correctly.

You want to carve out enough apple pulp to make your stuffing but you do not want to leave in so little that it would crack during the baking process in the oven.

I suggest using an apple pitter, a knife or a spoon.

Get creative with the stuffing: if you don’t like hazelnuts (how dare you?), you can always use macadamia nuts or walnuts. If you don’t like cinnamon or lemons, you can use oranges and ginger instead, and so on.

Well, without further ado, here’s the recipe.

Bon appetit!