Baked apple with marzipan as a festive Christmas recipe for Advent, holidays and cosy family dinners
Christmas Recipe

Baked apple with marzipan

Hollow out the apples, fill them with marzipan, almonds, raisins and cinnamon and bake them in the oven until soft and butter. Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm. Chopped walnuts replace almonds, cranberries can replace the raisins.

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Total time 50 min
Calories 340 kcal
Servings 4 servings
Difficulty Easy
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Baked apple with marzipan step by step

Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake only until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm. Hollow out apples, fill with marzipan, almonds, raisins and cinnamon and bake in the oven with butter until soft. Chopped walnuts replace almonds, cranberries can replace the raisins.

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Baked apple with marzipan

Hollow out the apples, fill them with marzipan, almonds, raisins and cinnamon and bake them in the oven until they are soft and the skin is firm. Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm.

Ingredients

4 servings

Method

  1. 1

    Prepare ingredients

    Preheat the oven to 180 ° C / 350 ° F / gas mark 4 and butter a small mould. Core apples without punching the bottom, knead marzipan with almonds, cinnamon and optional raisins.

  2. 2

    Prepare

    Hollow out apples, fill them with marzipan, almonds, raisins and cinnamon and bake them in the oven with butter until soft.

  3. 3

    Check for doneness

    Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake only until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm.

  4. 4

    Serve

    Let the baked apples cool briefly and place them carefully in dessert bowls. Spoon the juice out of the tin and add the vanilla sauce around the apple only when serving.

Kitchen know-how

Tips for Baked apple with marzipan

Important for baked apple with marzipan

Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake only until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm.

Variations

How to adapt this recipe

Chopped walnuts replace almonds, cranberries can replace raisins.

Nutrition per serving

340kcal
48.0 gCarbohydrates
5.0 gProtein
14.0 gFat

Values are estimates and may vary depending on the ingredients, brands, portion size and preparation method used.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ about Baked apple with marzipan

Weigh apples, prepare the marzipan mixture and keep the almonds separately, then start the main cooking process for the baked apple with the marzipan.

Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake only until the flesh is soft but the skin is firm.

Allow the baked apple and marzipan to cool completely. Keep in mind when storing: Do not pierce the bottom of the apples and bake until the flesh is soft but the skin is still intact. Close the pastry tightly and keep cool and dry.

Chopped walnuts replace almonds, cranberries can replace raisins.