Roast apples with cinnamon sugar

• natural dried breadcrumbs↗50g g
• dried apricots↗8

  roughly chopped

• cinnamon↗75g g

  sugar (see below)

• butter↗75g g

  chopped

• zest and juice 1 orange
• large Bramley apples↗6
• custard

  or vanilla ice cream, to serve

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Mix together the breadcrumbs, apricots, cinnamon sugar, butter and zest.

2. 2

   Using an apple corer, remove the centre of each apple, then score the skin across the equator so they don’t collapse during roasting.

3. 3

   Pack the filling into the apples, then sit them snugly into an ovenproof dish. Mix together the orange juice and 150ml water and pour round the apples. Roast for 40-50 mins until nicely browned and very soft, but still just holding their shape. Serve with the sticky pan juices and custard or ice cream.