Wood-Roasted Apples With Burnt Cinnamon Caramel | Saveur

Ingredients

• 6 cinnamon sticks
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp. maple syrup
• 6 tbsp. (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 tbsp. rye whiskey
• ³⁄₄ tsp. kosher salt
• 4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• ¹⁄₄ cup sugar
• 8 large, tart apples (3 lb.), such as Honeycrisp or Zestar
• Nonstick cooking spray
• Vanilla ice cream, for serving