Red Hot Baked Apples

Paula Skulina
by Paula Skulina
8 Servings
55 min

Are you looking for an easy and delicious side dish? Try Red Hots baked apples. This recipe will quickly become a family favorite recipe.

When I was growing up, my dad made red hots baked apples.

He learned how to make them from his great-aunt who raised my grandmother and was a beloved grandmother to my dad.

This is a super simple side dish that is very tasty.


Ingredients

  • Apples – I used Fuji apples but Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Rome are other good choices.
  • Red Hots
  • Water – Optional


Peel and slice apples and place in a greased baking dish and top with Red Hots. Neither Mama nor I could remember if Daddy added water to the apples.


The first time I made this dish, I added 1 cup of water and it resulted in apples this a light touch of cinnamon flavor. The second time I made them, I used 1/2 cup of water and the apples were perfect. If you want your apples super hot and cinnamony, use no water.


Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees, stirring the dish a few times to make sure the Red Hots melt evenly.

I loved this dish growing up and am glad that I finally made it to enjoy.



Recipe details
  • 8  Servings
  • Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 45 Minutes Total time: 55 min
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Ingredients

  • 6 apples
  • 1 bag of Red Hots candy
  • water
Instructions

Peel and slice apples and add to a greased 9 X 13 (any size will work) baking dish.
Top with Red Hots candy.
For a mild cinnamon flavor add 1 cup of water, for medium cinnamon flavor add 1/2 cup of water. For full-on cinnamon flavor, add no water.
Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees, stirring the dish a few times to make sure the Red Hots melt evenly.
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Comments
  • MaryAnn MaryAnn on Dec 29, 2021

    This a dessert not a side dish! Way, way too much sugar!

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    • Sharon Larson Sharon Larson on Dec 11, 2024

      And as with everything, you are free to keep scrolling. And if you do make this, you're also free to call it anything you want to. It can be a side dish, a dessert, or even bread if you would like.

  • M M on Dec 11, 2022

    Sounds yummy!

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