From the African roots of Southern soul food to the eating habits of trendsetting millennials, Hormel Foods is covering the dishes and stories behind food heritage through a new, online video series called Cooking & Culture.
Chef Sandy Pollock of the Casserole Queens and Stephanie Postma, national category sales manager at Hormel Foods, joined us to talk about making quick meals for busy families in the second chapter of Cooking & Culture in honor of Women’s History Month.

Peanut Butter Baked Apples
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 6 golden delicious apples
- ⅓ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons SKIPPY® natural super chunky peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- as desired vanilla ice cream
- to garnish chopped roasted peanuts, fresh mint sprigs
Instructions
Heat oven to 375°F.
In small saucepan, over medium heat, combine granulated sugar with 1 cup of water. Cook 4 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Pour syrup into bottom of 9- × 9-inch baking dish.
Core apples, but don’t go all the way through to the bottom. (This will help keep the filling in the apple.) In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, and cinnamon. Divide mixture evenly among 6 apples. Place apples in baking dish over syrup.
Bake 1 hour, or until a knife can be easily inserted into apples. Let stand 5 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream. Garnish, if desired with chopped peanuts, and fresh mint sprigs.