When I was single, I still made sure to make my little holiday dinners. Of course, I didn’t have the big glazed hams or the huge turkeys, but honey, I still ate a nice holiday feast. I would make myself a small serving of macaroni and cheese, greens, yams, and delicious Apple Stuffed Glazed Cornish Hens. Cornish Hens are rather easy to make, just think of them as small chickens. This recipe is hard to mess up. It requires very little ingredients, and they are simply delicious.
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Apple Stuffed Glazed Cornish Hens
Ingredients
- 2 cornish hens
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground clove or cinnamon optional
- 2 apples 1 Granny Smith and 1 Red Delicious
Instructions
For the glaze:
- In a microwave-safe bowl, add ½ cup of butter and 2 tablespoons of honey.
- Microwave for 20 seconds, or until the butter is melted.
- Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar and mix with a spoon
- Add in ¼ teaspoon ground clove or cinnamon. Mix.
- Set aside.
For the Cornish Hens:
- Empty the cavity of the cornish hens and rinse under cool water.
- Dice the apples.
- Stuff the cavity of the cornish hens with apples.
- Use butcher string to tie the legs together.
- Line a baking dish with foil (helps with the clean up process.
- Place the hens breast down and brush with a tablespoon of melted butter.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and brush cornish hens with the glaze.
- Place back in oven, uncovered, for 25 minutes.
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Why did you cook the Cornish hens breast side down?
No particular reason
OMG!!! Those hens looks sooo good. I am going to prepare my hens this year that way.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!
Got my hen in the oven now, don’t need a holiday for this greatness
Thank you for sharing, and can’t wait to taste mine
I made these for Thanksgiving this year. It was three of us, and it was perfect. Thanks!!
I made this dish for Thanksgiving this year and it was delicious. Great recipe
This was exceptionally good. And easy!