Stuffed Baked Apples
Ingredients:
- brown sugar - 1/2 cup
- walnuts - 1/2 cup
- golden raisins - 1/4 cup
- butter, cut into 1/4 inch pieces - 1/4 cup
- ground cinnamon - 1/2 t
- ground ginger - 1/2 t
- nutmeg - 1/4 t
- ground cloves - 1/8 t
- gala apples OR other baking apple - 4 large
- fresh orange juice - 1/2 cup
Instructions:
In a bowl, combine brown sugar, walnuts, raisins, butter, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
Slice ½ inch off top of each apple. With a small melon baller, scoop out inner core and seeds from inside of each apple (do not go all the way through apple). Place each cavity with 2 T walnut mixture, place apples, in a 9 x 9 inch casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining walnut mixture over the top of the apples. Pour juice around apples.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30 - 40 minutes or until desired tenderness, rotating baking dish halfway through baking. Before serving, spoon juices from dish over apples; serve warm.
