Sticky apple cups

Sticky apple cups

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Ready in 20 minutes

Easy

Serves 4
These simple dessert cups are made in the microwave and are brilliant to use up leftover dates and prunes

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Vegetarian

Nutrition:

  • kcal150
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs37g
  • sugars7.6g
  • fibre3g
  • protein2g
  • salt0.03g
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Ingredients

  • 2 medium Bramley apples, about 200g each
    Bramley apples

    Bramley apple

    bram-lee app-el

    A large, flattish cooking apple, green in appearance but sometimes with specks of red. The flesh…

  • 85g dried date, roughly chopped
    Dates

    Date

    da-ate

    Dates are one of the oldest cultivated fruits - it's thought that they were a staple part of…

  • 85g ready-to-eat prune, roughly chopped or raisins
  • 2 tbsp light muscovado sugar
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 small orange, zest and juice
    Orange

    Orange

    or-ange

    One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…

  • 0% Greek yogurt or fromage frais, to serve

Method

  1. Halve each apple through the circumference and dig out the core with a dessert spoon from both halves, leaving bowl-shaped hollows behind.

  2. Mix together all the remaining ingredients except for the orange juice and fill the apples with the mixture. Fit them into a microwaveable dish and pour the orange juice on top. Cover and cook on Medium (500w) for 5-7 mins until soft. Cool for a few mins before serving with the yogurt or fromage frais.

  • Recipe Tip

    Give it a twist

    A few chopped toffees or small pieces of marzipan are great in the filling. Once cooked, sprinkle over crunchy oat cereal. Serve the hot apples with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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hilaryys
14th Oct, 2012
4.05
Lovely flavours - I made with dried figs as I had some that needed using but I found cooking them in the microwave tricky - cooking time seemed insufficient but when I extended it some apples exploded! I'm not a microwave expert so it could just be down to me! However, as a last minute Sunday lunch pudding it was a winner - could have been healthy and served with low fat yoghurt but a dribble of cream is lovely! Had some left overs so scooped out apple flesh and date mixture and topped our morning porridge with it. Yum!
lorraine189
15th Nov, 2009
Made this as a last minute pudding, really delicious and warming in the winter months.
happydays95
6th Jun, 2008
5.05
So easy and quick, I've made these several times, change the filling to sultanas and chopped dried apricots and a hand full of nuts if you haven't got dates or prunes.
juliahiscock
18th Dec, 2007
5.05
I omitted the prunes and served with vanilla ice cream - very quick and easy
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