Hasselback Apples with Toffee / Oat Strusel Topping

• 4 large firm apples, I used Cortland
• 4 tbsp salted butter, melted
• 2 tbsp light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp Light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Toffee bits, I used Heath bits pictured in direction step #7
• 2 tbsp old fashioned oats
• 1/4 tsp apple pie spice
• 2 tbsp salted butter, cold cut into cubes
• 1 recipe of my Salted Caramel Sauce, recipe attached in direction step #9

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Spray a baking dish big enough to hold apples in one layer with non stick spray
3. Cut apples in half lengthwise through stem.
4. Peel and remove core, keeping apple half intact.
5. Place each apple half cut side down on cutting board.
6. Place chop sticks or wooden spoon handles on each side of apple and make thin slices down apple using the chopsticks as a way not to cut all the way throughapple
7. Combine the light brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl
8. Place apples , cut side down in prepare d pan, brush apples with melted butter
9. Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon mixture
10. Cover with foil and bake about 20 minutes until apples are just tender
11. Combine Strusel ingredients , mix flour, brown sugar, toffee bits, oats and apple pie spice.
12. Add cold butter and mix until crumbly
13. Sprinkle crumble evenly over apples, return to oven and cook 20 more minutes until strusel is crisp
14. Serve with vanilla ice cream and drizzle with Salted Caramel Sauce, recipe attached below

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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/359651-hasselback-apples-with-toffee-oat-strusel-topping (may not work)