Baked Apples

I made baked apples tonight for a treat after a yummy chicken dinner.  Didn't take pictures, but you can find some on the direct link to the recipe I used.  I baked them for about 35 minutes and one of the apples skin split, but the apple retained its shape.  Guess that was a little too long!  I had only two golden delicious apples on hand, but still made the entire filling recipe and will use it in oatmeal tomorrow. Also added extra cinnamon because it's my experience that apples cannot have too much cinnamon.  These were so yummy. Easy too!

Baked Apples Recipe

4 large good baking apples
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup currants or chopped raisins
1 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 375°F. Wash apples. Remove cores to 1/2 inch of the bottom of the apples. Make the holes about 3/4-inch to an inch wide.

In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, currants/raisins, and pecans. Place apples in a 8-inch-by-8-inch square baking pan. Stuff each apple with this mixture. Top with a dot of butter (1/4 of the Tbps).

Add boiling water to the baking pan. Bake 30-40 minutes, until tender, but not mushy. Remove from the oven and baste the apples several times with the pan juices.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream on the side.

Makes 4 servings.