Baked Apples
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 124. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 4 medium cooking apples
- 1/2 cup raisins, snipped pitted whole dates, or mixed dried fruit bits
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup apple juice or water
Instructions
- Core apples; peel a strip from the top of each.
- Place apples in a 2-quart casserole. Combine the raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Spoon into centers of apples. Add apple juice to dish. Bake in a 350° oven for 40 to 45 minutes till apples are tender, basting occasionally with the cooking liquid. Serve warm with ice cream, light cream, or yogurt, if desired.
- Microwave directions: Reduce apple juice or water to 2 tablespoons. Assemble as above.
- Micro-cook, covered, on 100% power (high) for 4 to 8 minutes or till tender, rearranging and basting apples after 3 minutes.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Baked Apples" by Vassilis Online; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42741557@N05/8394879856. Cropped/resized.
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