By Mel Evans

This really is a recipe that has to be tried to be believed. If the word ‘Toffee Apple’ conjures up an image of a rock solid, sickly fun fair treat then put that out of your mind. These soft warm, delicious toffee apples are more akin to an apple pie on a stick.

We make these every Autumn in the woods when our local apples begin to appear on the trees, but they make the perfect camping dessert any time of the year. You can even use Elder Flower Sugar to give these apples an early summer flavour.

These are easy to make on a campfire and you just need a sharpened stick long enough to sit safely back from the fire, some apples and some sugar. The sugar can be infused with other flavours or spices like cinnamon can be mixed through.

The first stage is to push the apple onto the stick and roast it over the fire until the skin is black. This takes a bit of patience and requires a good hot fire, but its lots of fun, The best thing is you don’t need to worry about burning the apple as the blacker it goes the better!

Next you should be able to peel the blackened skin off. If its really burnt it should come off easily by scraping it with a tea spoon.

Finally you coat the apple in sugar and return it briefly to the fire to caramalise. Allow to cool slightly and enjoy!