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Leftover Bread Cookery: Baked Fruit Desserts
These fruit desserts are really old-fashioned. They are the kinds of desserts
you would eat when you visited your grandmother when you were young.
Stuffed Baked Apples with Maple Crème Fraîche
Serves 6
Baked apples are a real pleasure. They may be old-fashioned, but they are
still a wonderful dessert, especially when made with fresh fall apples. If you
can get extra-large, firm stuffing apples like Rome Beauties or Granny
Smiths, they are the best, since they hold their shape nicely after baking.
Serve with spoonfuls of maple-infused crème fraîche on the side.
For the apples:
1
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2
cup dried cranberries
Boiling water
6 large apples, washed and cored
Two 1-inch-thick slices homemade white, light whole
wheat, or nut bread
1
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3
cup (2 ounces) pecans
2
/
3
cup light brown sugar
1
1
/
2
teaspoons ground cinnamon
1
/
2
teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pinch of ground cloves
2 tablespoons brandy or Calvados, optional
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