Oh yes! This is a good one and so simple to make. Good for you too.

How can you grow 15 different varieties on only 3 trees? Looks yummy!

All apples grown for consumption are propagated through grafts. For example, you don't plant a granny smith apple and grow a granny smith apple tree. You take a granny smith branch, cut a piece of it off, and graft it to another branch from another tree. Granny smith, like all the apples we eat, are mutations. The only way we can grow them is through grafting. And you can easily graft lots of varieties of apples on to one tree. Wild eh? ~Elise

I do the same thing with apple slices, only I saute them in a big skillet with some butter instead of microwaving. The juices become more syrupy that way. My family loves them; especially with a dollop of vanilla bean ice cream on top!

My grandmother's been making something similar for us for years...instead of slicing the apple, she cores them, puts the sugar and cinnamon in the hole, and microwaves them (in a bowl, to catch the juices) until soft. We usually put whipped cream on top.

I don't know the details, but I've seen it done quite a bit. Apple trees are similar enough that they actually merge well, and there's a way to split a large branch or a part of the trunk open a bit, and then place a branch from a different type of apple tree there. If you bind it there, it'll merge with the existing tree, and you end up with one tree that will produce different types of apples. A friend's father has one that produces five different types, one type on each of its five main branches. It's basically just very careful pruning.

Thanks for the recipe. I made these last night with a pork roast and everyone was pleased. I used Galas. I did change the recipe a bit, though. I used brown sugar, added some butter, and used vanilla and maple extract instead of maple syrup.

Wow, exceptional. Some of the best apples at the fastest time, and so simple. It's genious. Thank you so very much.

This way yummy! I replaced with spenda and SF syrup and it was still great for those of us counting our calories!

This was really delicious. This might sound funny, but tonight I didn't know what to make for dinner, and didn't feel like cooking. My kids wanted pancakes. I wanted them to have more than just flour and milk for dinner. So, I topped them with these great baked apples! MMMmmmm Delicious - and so convenient in the microwave. I believe I ended up cooking them for 17 minutes before they were cooked tender. My kids could smell the apples and cinnamon coming from the bowl in the microwave, and they were swooning over the delightful aroma! Thank you so very much!