Ontario Baked Apples

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large baking apples
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup good quality maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 with a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the top third of the apple.
• 2 with a zester/stripper, make a decoration down the sides of the remaining skin on the apples.
• 3 with an apple corer, remove the core of the apple, being careful not to go through the bottom, it should be like a container.
• 4 place the apples in a baking dish.
• 5 fill the center of each apple with walnuts, raisins, and maple syrup.
• 6 put a generous teaspoon of butter on each apple.
• 7 pour a layer of water in the bottom of the baking dish to about 1/2 inch.
• 8 bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours, basting from time to time with the liquid in the bottom of the pan.
• 9 add water to the pan to keep it moist.