Totally delicious melding of flavors: the tartness of baked apples, cinnamon, raisins and toasted almonds.. topped with a sweet and creamy vanilla sauce.. It’s a classic Scandinavian dessert. Comfort food for winter is what I call it! 🙂

Baked apples

• 4 apples (Granny Smith work great) – cored
• 1/3 cup roughly chopped almonds
• 1/3 cup raisins or dried currants
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• water

Directions

• Core your apples carefully with a pairing knife
• Toss raisins, almonds and cinnamon
• Place apples upright in glass baking dish and fill each center with nut/raisin mixture
• Any leftover nut/raisin mixture can be tossed into the bottom of the baking dish
• Pour a little water into the baking dish
• Cover with foil and bake @350 for 45 minutes or until knife inserts easily into apple

Vanilla Sauce

• 2 cups milk
• 2 tsp vanilla or 1 vanilla pod
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 Tbsp agave syrup or other sweetener
• 1 Tbsp tapioca or other starch (whisked with some water)

Directions

• Put all ingredients (including vanilla pod if you are using that, but excluding vanilla essence) in a pot and bring to light boil while stirring to avoid clumps
• Remove from heat and add vanilla essence (if you are using that)
• Cool a bit and ladle on to baked apples
• Delicious hot or cold! 🙂