Baked Apples with Toffee, Bourbon and Molasses

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F.

2. 2

   Peel skin off top third of each apple.

3. 3

   Using small melon baller, scoop out stem and core, leaving bottom intact.

4. 4

   Stand apples in 11x7x2-inch baking dish.

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   Place 2 tablespoons toffee bits around apples in dish.

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   Divide remaining bits among cavities of apples.

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   Add 1/2 tablespoon bourbon and 1/2 tablespoon butter to cavity of each apple.

8. 8

   Whisk cider, molasses, sugar and ginger in bowl; spoon over and around apples.

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   Bake apples until tender, basting often with pan juices, about 1 hour 20 minutes.

10. 10

    Transfer apples to bowls.

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    Pour juices from dish into small saucepan.

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    Boil juices until thick enough to coat spoon, about 6 minutes.

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    Spoon sauce over apples.

14. 14

    Serve apples warm with vanilla ice cream.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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