Recipe: Ale-Almond Roasted Apples (using raisins and brown sugar)

ALE-ALMOND ROASTED APPLES

"Serve apples roasted in ale and brown sugar as a dessert with ice cream or as a side dish to roast pork."

1 cup pale ale
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup golden raisins
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon McCormick Ground Cinnamon
4 red apples, such as Gala or Honey Crisp, cored and halved
1/2 teaspoon McCormick Pure Almond Extract

Mix ale, sugar, raisins, butter and cinnamon in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook 10 minutes or until slightly reduced, stirring occasionally.

Place apples, cutsides down, in 13x9-inch baking dish. Pour ale mixture over apples.

Bake in preheated 400 degrees F oven 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a knife.

Place apples, cut-sides up, on serving platter or 8 dessert plates. Stir extract into sauce in baking dish. Spoon sauce over apples to serve.

Makes 8 servings
Source: McCormick