Autumn’s favorite fruit gets all dressed up for breakfast at the Inn and the guests couldn’t be happier. The aroma is heavenly—and the taste is even better!
Maple Syrup Baked Apples
Serves 6
6 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â large Macintosh apples, peeled and cored
4 Tbsps. Â finely chopped walnuts
4 Tbsps. Â raisins
4 Tbsps. Â firmly-packed brown sugar
½ tsp.    cinnamon
¼ tsp.    ground nutmeg
2 tsps. Â Â Â melted butter
2 Tbsps. Â cream
6 Tbsps. Â melted butter
¾ cup maple syrup
Crème Anglais (see separate recipe below)
Preheat oven to 400º.
Place apples in well buttered cake pan.
Mix together walnuts, raisins, brown sugar, spices, 2 tsps. melted butter and cream. Divide mixture evenly between all apples, stuffing as much into each apple as possible, then heaping the rest on top.
Pour 1Tbsp. melted butter and 2 Tbsps. maple syrup over each apple.
Bake 35-40 minutes until apples are tender but still hold shape.
Cool slightly, then top with Crème Anglais prior to serving
Creme Anglaise
1 cup   heavy cream
2 tsps. Â vanilla extract
4 Â Â Â Â Â Â egg yolks
1/3 cup  white sugar
In a small, heavy saucepan, heat cream and vanilla until bubbles form at edges.
While cream is heating, whisk together egg yolks and sugar until smooth. Slowly pour ½ cup of hot cream mixture into egg yolks, whisking constantly. Then gradually add egg yolk mixture back into remaining cream mixture, whisking constantly. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture coats the back of a spoon.