Bloomin’ Baked Apples taste like apple pie with an ooey, gooey caramel center! This is an easy dessert recipe for fall and it’s made with Honeycrisp apples. Post is sponsored by Socialstars.
Every year we wait for the fall and apple season to come around! Growing up, we had an apple tree in our backyard. I remember my grandmother coming over to help my mom freeze apples. We had an apple peeler/corer that was a big help. My mom froze the apples for pie filling.
All winter long we would have delicious, homemade apple desserts. This year, we are already enjoying the apple season. I used some of our apples to make these delicious Bloomin’ Baked Apples. This was my first time making baked apples and I am so excited not only about how tasty they were but also about how easy they were to make.
Our favorite apples are apples which were developed right here at the University of Minnesota! Last week, I bought these apples in the Walmart produce department. They had a huge variety of apples with great prices! Walmart produce is fresh, farmer picked with a 100% money back guarantee.
To get the blooming apple look, you need to cut the apples. Slice off the top 1/4 to 1/3 of the apples. Scoop out the core with a melon baller or a stainless steel measuring spoon.
Then, use a thin paring knife to make two deep, circular cuts around the center of the apple. Next, turn the apple over and make narrow cuts all the way around the apple. Flip it back over and you can see all of the cuts.
Place the apples in a small oven-safe dish and put two chewy caramels in the center of each apple.
Heat butter and brown sugar in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir and continue heating for an additional 30 seconds. Remove from the microwave and stir in flour and cinnamon. Divide the mixture over the top of the two sliced apples.
Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and use a large spoon to move the apples into bowls. The outside layer of apple pieces will spread out and the middle will stick together due to the ooey, gooey caramel center!
**Update…I made myself another bloomin’ baked apple last night and I had to cook it for 45 minutes. I would suggest that you check your apples after 25 minutes and then continue cooking them until they are tender. The cook time will depend on the size and firmness of the apples.**
Top with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with caramel sauce and sprinkle with cinnamon. The ice cream will cause the caramel in the center to harden, so eat it quickly or put the ice cream scoop on the side. After taking the pictures, I immediately had to try these Bloomin’ Baked Apples.
Zack asked me what it tasted like because he could tell I was thoroughly enjoying it. I explained that it tastes like apple pie. He asked me if I meant for it to taste like apple pie and luckily that is just what I was going for! I’ve made these Bloomin’ Baked Apples three times now and they were delicious each time. My daughter and her friend loved them!
Bloomin’ Baked Apples Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Honeycrisp apples or other crisp apples
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 3 tablespoon brown sugar packed
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 caramels
- Optional toppings: vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- To get the blooming apple look, you need to cut the apples. Slice off the top 1/4 to 1/3 of the apples. Scoop out the core with a melon baller or stainless steel measuring spoon.
- Use a thin paring knife to make two, deep circular cuts around the center of the apple. Next, turn the apple over and make narrow cuts all the way around the apple. Flip it back over and you can see all of the cuts.
- Place the apples in an oven safe dish and put two caramels into the center of each apple.
- Heat butter and brown sugar in the microwave for 30 second, stir and continue heating for an additional 30 seconds. Remove from the microwave and stir in flour and cinnamon. Divide the mixture over the top of the two sliced apples.
- Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes. (Check apples after 25 minutes and continue cooking until tender. Some apples can take 45 min to 1 hour to soften.)
- Remove from the oven and use a large spoon to move the apples into bowls.
- Top with a scoop of ice cream, drizzle with caramel and sprinkle with cinnamon. The ice cream will cause the caramel in the center to harden so eat quickly or put the ice cream scoop on the side.
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E Scott says
is it possible to skip the flour to make these gluten free? Maybe switch for gluten free flour? Thx
Tonia Larson says
Hello E Scott,
The flour helps thicken the brown sugar mixture so that it doesn’t run off the apples. Yes, you can use gluten free flour instead. Or skip the flour but your results will vary somewhat.
Enjoy,
~Tonia
Kerry says
Made these tonight and they were absolutely delicious. I sprinkle some pecans on top and the result was it tasted like apple pie. So good and easy to make.
Ms Diane Huntley says
I will try these today! I’m going to cheat and use my mandolin slicer and stack in oven proof ramekins. I don’t have hard carmels so will top with carmel dip when they are out of the oven and still warm. Thanks for the great ideas!!
Krystal Daniels says
Can I use Macintosh apples for this recipe?
Tonia says
Yes, you can use McIntosh apples!
Yumvilla says
Tonia these look delicious!
MEAl5 says
These were delicious.The recipe calls for unwrapped caramels.
Donna Smith says
Back to the baked apples. I made ten of them a while back when I had people in for game night, Instead of putting them in the oven, I placed them in the slow cooker just as people arrived. By the time we were ready for a dessert at the end of the evening, the apples were ready. I topped them with ice cream and they were GREAT! I will make them again next week when I have the ladies over for lunch.
Maret says
Delicious! Definitely a recipe to be used again….and again! I followed the recipe exactly using LARGE Fuji apples that I had on hand. They took about 45 minutes to be tender. I noticed there is a version for the slow cooker on the internet that I haven’t tried, but I thought I’d mention here. It follows your recipe and steps, but uses 1.5 Tbsp caramel sauce instead of caramels in the middle of the apples and cooks them in the slow cooker on high for 2 hours or on low for 4 hours.
Peter Gardiner says
Do,have a simple recipe for baked apples made by a cuisinart pressure cooker?P
Jabber says
Ok…Who’s smarter than you?? Brilliant idea! I hope you won some big prize for this at a fall county fair. No matter what you put in it, the concept is great. I’m going to put warm Devon custard on them instead of Icecream and make them for our upcoming Canadian thanksgiving dinner. I’ll cut them up ahead of time, dip them in lemon water to keep from going prematurely brown, and put them in the oven as the turkey dinner is set out. What a fantastic Fall aroma!
Meaghan says
~~Silence! Several minustes of silence!~~ My children are in love with these! They are already telling me variations they want to try. (They love cooking and baking!) We made these with Jazz apples. My grocer posts signs by each type of apple describing them and their best uses. These are a firm slightly tart apple. Thought they would compliment the sweetness well. They were perfect! My uber picky, won’t eat anything except meat and potatoes, husband loved them! I really can not explain how much of a triumph that was for me!!
Planning on a couple big 13×9 pans of them for our family Halloween Bonfire.
Thank you! Thank you for this wonderful treat!!
Michelle G says
This was so incredibly yummy! And I don’t particularly like apples! It was easier than I thought it would be, and my family couldn’t stop talking about it. We will definitely be making this again. Thanks so much!
Rhonda says
Tonia these look delicious! Don’t really want to take them out after 30 mins to keep checking the softness once they are all gooey, so would I be able to microwave the apples once cut, but before adding caramel and anything else? I’m thinking if I zap them for five minutes to give them a head start would that work?
Tonia says
Thanks Rhonda! Yes, I think that would work! Enjoy!
EAWSumms says
I’m going to make these for Thanksgiving later this week! I’m wondering what anyone might think the best baking dish might be so that the gooeyness doesn’t spread too much from 1 apple to the other…? Also, do folks think it would be alright to either eat these cold, or only bake halfway, and then finish off right before dessert time?
Definitely looking forward to trying these!
Sandie says
Why not place each apple in a muffin tin to keep them separate? Would that work?
Patsy says
They have muffin tins for jumbo size muffins, they might work best because I think a regular muffin tin would be to small for a normal size apple.
Laura Hickman says
These look fantastic. I can’t wait to to try this on the weekend. It looks like it tastes just like autumn. Thanks for a recipe that looks impressive when served but is simple to make.
Laura Hickman says
These look fantastic. I can’t wait to to try this on the weekend. It looks like it tastes just like autumn. Thanks for a recipe that looks impressive when served but is simple to make.
Laura Hickman says
These look fantastic. I can’t wait to to try this on the weekend. It looks like it tastes just like autumn. Thanks for a recipe that looks impressive when served but is simple to make.