Categories: Fruit desserts

Ingredients

• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• (Dash ground cloves, optional)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 same-size Granny Smith apples
• 2 Tbsp. butter, cut into 6 teaspoon size pieces
• 1 cup apple juice (or water)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Combine cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar in a small bowl. Set aside.

3. Core apples, making sure not to puncture the bottom of the apples so that the juices will remain. Remove skin from 1/2-inch around trop of apples at the opening.

4. Fill each apple with a tsp. of butter. Place apples in casserole dish and pour apple juice around them. Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from heat; garnish with fresh mint, and serve.

5. Variations:

6. Brown Sugar and Nuts:

7. substitute brown sugar for granulated sugar and add 1/4 cup raisins and 1/4 cup chopped nuts.

8. With Ice Cream:

9. Bake apples as directed, then serve with vanilla ice cream and peanut butter sauce:

10. 1/3 cup peanut butter

11. 2/3 cup corn syrup

12. Blend peanut butter and corn syrup together until blended.

13. Red Hot:

14. Sprinkle a few red hot candies in each apple before baking, omit cinnamon, cloves, if using,

15. and nutmeg.

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