"Sandy's Recipe Room"

ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "SANDY'S RECIPE ROOM"
http://www.wwnet.net/~joejean/reciperoom.

Baked Apples Supreme
(From Little Rock Cooks ... Recipes Handed Down from Generation to Generation)

Ingredients

6 medium apples (Jonathan)

12 tablespoons brown sugar

Dash of cinnamon

Dash of ginger (optional)

3 tablespoons butter

1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped

1 cup raisins

2 or more cups water, boiling

Directions

Wash and core apples; place apples in baking dish.

Cover bottom of baking dish with boiling water; fill each apple cavity with 2 tablespoons sugar, dash of cinnamon and ginger and 1/2 tablespoon butter.

Bake covered for 30 minutes at 375 degrees or until apples are soft. Baste occasionally with liquid in pan.

When apples are done, remove them; pour remaining liquid into a saucepan; add raisins and nuts.

Gently boil until syrup thickens. Pour over apples.

Serve hot or cold with whipped cream.

SERVES 6

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