Caramel Baked Apples

By Hklbrries

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp butter or margarine, softened
• 2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 6 red baking apples, cored
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp water, divided
• 1 package (10 ounces) caramels
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• Sweetened Whipped Cream*
• * Recipe in collection

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a small bowl, combine butter and nutmeg. Using 1 tbsp for each apple, fill centers of apples with butter mixture. Place apples in a baking pan and add 1/4 cup water to bottom of pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt caramels with 2 tbsp water, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in cream. To serve, pour caramel mixture over baked apples. Serve with Sweetened Whipped Ceam.