Baked Apples

Baked Apples

4 large good baking apples, such as McIntosh, Rome Beauty, Golden Delicious, or Jonagold

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

4 marshmallows

4 dates (optional)

1/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)

1/4 cup currants or chopped raisins (optional)

butter

3/4 cup boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Wash apples. Remove cores to 1/2 inch of the bottom of the apples. It helps if you have an apple corer.  Make the holes about 3/4-inch wide.  I like to core all the way through and then stuff the bottom of the hole with a date.

2. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, currants/raisins, and pecans. Place apples in a baking dish. Stuff each apple with the mixture. Top with a dot of butter.  Put a marshmallow on top.

3 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.  Macs will cook quickly.  Keep an eye on them.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream on the side.