Baked Apple With Cinnamon Bourbon Caramel Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For the apples
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 pinch cinnamon or 1 pinch allspice
2 firm apples, cored
1 unbaked pastry shell
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup lightly-salted butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup Bourbon
1 dash cinnamon

Preparation

For Apple:
Mix the brown sugar, butter and cinnamon to form a paste. Stuff the paste into the cored apple, then wrap the apple with the pastry. Use remaining pastry to add a decorative touch. Bake for 20 minutes at 375\u00b0F.
For Sauce:
Place the sugar in a pan with 3 to 4 tablespoons of water. Allow this to boil until it turns a rich amber color (232\u00b0F) on a candy thermometer).
Remove from heat and whip in the butter and cream. Season with cinnamon. Stir in the bourbon. Pour over baked apple and serve.