Birthday Day #9 - applelicious

Oh my, it's starting to feel like fall in the morning! And I just can't resist turning my thoughts to fall foods. So for my husband's Birthday Day #9, I created this:

Baked apples topped with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Yum! The card reads, "You're the apple of my eye."

Here is what I did:

Some how I ended up with about a dozen red delicious apples. So I needed to do something with them before they turned bad. I sliced 6 of them with my apple wedger and put them in a gallon zip bag.

Next, I added a tablespoon of cinnamon and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Then I sealed the bag very tightly and shook vigerously (kinda fun, I might add). Once I was happy with how they were coated, I spread them out in a single layer on my baking stone.

Then I put them in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Note: my apples were still a little crunchy with a very soft skin - which is how my kids like them. If you want your apples softer, you may need to bake them longer.

If I had stopped there, it would have been worth it. The cinnamon was so fragrant it filled the whole house with the scent of fall! So nice!

Once they were done, I put a scoop of the hot apples in a bowl; added a scoop of vanilla ice cream and the hot chocolate sauce.

My husband is not a big fan of anything cinnamon. And he was very leary to try this with the cinnamon smell so strong. But, the vanilla and chocolate sauce go a long way to keeping the cinnamon flavors in check. It was just the right about without being overwhelming.