Baked Apples with Mincemeat, Cherries, and Walnuts

Name: Baked Apples with Mincemeat, Cherries, and Walnuts
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 bottle sparkling apple cider; ¼ cup red currant jelly; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; 4 large Fuji apples; ¾ cup mincemeat with rum and brandy; ¼ cup chopped walnuts; ¼ cup dried tart cherries; 1 tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger

Delicious whole Fuji apples stuffed with a festive mixture of mincemeat, walnuts, and cherries, then baked in a sparkling apple cider reduction. A perfect winter dessert combining the warmth of traditional mincemeat with fresh fruit.

4 servings

1 hr 12 min

Published October 4, 2025

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Ingredients

•1 bottle sparkling apple cider
•¼ cup red currant jelly
•2 tablespoons unsalted butter
•4 large Fuji apples
•¾ cup mincemeat with rum and brandy
•¼ cup chopped walnuts
•¼ cup dried tart cherries
•1 tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger

Cooking Instructions

1.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Boil first 3 ingredients in large skillet until reduced to 1 1/4 cups, about 12 minutes.
12 min
2.
Meanwhile, cut cone-shaped piece from stem end of each apple, 2 inches wide at top and 1 inch deep. Using melon baller, core, leaving bottom intact. Turn apple on its side. Starting halfway down, make 1/4-inch-deep slit all around. Mix mincemeat, walnuts, cherries, and crystallized ginger in small bowl; spoon into apples, mounding in center.
15 min
3.
Arrange apples in 11x7x2-inch baking dish. Spoon cider mixture over and around. Bake until apples are tender, about 45 minutes. Serve in shallow bowls.
45 min