50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cookies and Desserts -- Baked Apples

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Baked Apples

4		Granny Smith apples
3 in.	stick	Cinnamon, broken & ground (use a coffee grinder) OR
1 1/4	tsp	Powdered cinnamon
14		Allspice berries, ground OR 1/2 tsp. allspice
1/8	tsp	Grated nutmeg
1/2	C	Brown sugar
3	tbsp	Butter (grate if cold)
		Juice of 1/2 med. lemon
3/4	C	Golden raisins
1/4	C	Dried pitted prunes
3/4	C	Chopped walnuts (or other nuts)

Butter a deep baking dish that has a lid.
Core the apples, but do not peel them. Arrange them in the buttered dish. Cut apples to fit, if necessary.
Combine all remaining ingredients in bowl. Mix well. Stuff this mixture into the holes and spaces in and between the apples.
Bake covered at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream and spoon extra sauce over the ice cream.