Overhead shot of a beige rectangular baking dish holding four warm, sticky glazed buns drizzled with icing on a pale wooden table; a folded red napkin tied with twine and a small ramekin with an evergreen sprig sit to the left and two forks rest crossed to the right.

Kitchen Stories' Marzipan Stuffed Baked Apples

Name: Kitchen Stories' Marzipan Stuffed Baked Apples | Bosch | Heart of the Home
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 4 large apples; 4 oz marzipan; 1 1/2 tbsp rum; 1/3 cup sultanas; 1/2 cup almond slivers; 4 tsp apricot jam; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1/2 tsp cinnamon; 1 1/2 tbsp butter; Vanilla sauce for serving

Kitchen Stories

Anyone can cook

Difficulty

Easy

Total time

50 min

Cooking time

20 min

Warm, fragrant and effortlessly elegant, these marzipan-stuffed baked apples turn simple fruit into a cozy dessert. Apples are filled with sweet almond marzipan and warming spices, baked until tender and caramelized, then finished with a drizzle of syrup or cream — perfect served warm with vanilla ice cream or custard for holiday dinners or an easy, comforting treat.

Ingredients

4 servings:

4 large apples

4 oz marzipan

1 1/2 tbsp rum

1/3 cup sultanas

1/2 cup almond slivers

4 tsp apricot jam

2 tbsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tbsp butter

Vanilla sauce for serving

Utensils

Oven

Cutting board

Knife

Wooden spoon

Large bowl

Casserole dish

Small bowl

Instructions

Step 1

Ingredients: 4 large apples

Utensils: oven | cutting board | knife

Preheat oven to 180°C/355°F. Remove core from the apples.

Person using a knife to core apples on a wooden cutting board with two cored apples already placed beside.

Step 2

Ingredients: 4 oz marzipan | 2 cl rum | 1/3 cup sultanas | 1/2 cup almond slivers | 4 tsp apricot jam

Utensils: wooden spoon | large bowl

In a large bowl, combine marzipan, rum, sultanas, almond slivers, and apricot jam.

Person adding raisins to a glass bowl with pine nuts and stirring with a wooden spoon on a striped tablecloth.

Step 3

Stuff apples with the mixture.

Person filling cored apples with a spoonful of oatmeal on a wooden countertop.

Step 4

Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp butter

Utensils: casserole dish

Place apples in a casserole dish. Dot the apples with butter.

Close-up of a person in a white apron spreading pats of butter onto four marzipan-stuffed apples arranged in a green ceramic baking dish on a yellow-striped

Step 5

Ingredients: 2 tbsp brown sugar | 1/2 tsp cinnamon | vanilla sauce for serving

Utensils: wooden spoon | oven | small bowl

In a small bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon and generously sprinkle the apples with the sugar mixture. In a preheated oven, bake apples 180°C/355° for approx. 20 – 30 min. Serve with warm vanilla sauce.

Close-up of a person in a white apron sprinkling brown sugar from a small glass bowl onto marzipan‑filled apples in a green ceramic baking dish set on a yellow‑striped tablecloth.

Person in a brown sweater standing in a modern kitchen, holding a white envelope, with jars and cups on the counter.

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