BAKED APPLES

BAKED APPLES

Ingredients


4 apples, (your choice, I used Gala)
1/4 cup dark brown sugar ( I used 2 heaping Tbsp. Splenda Brown 
              Sugar instead)
1/4 cup rolled oats
1 Tbsp. raisins
1 Tbsp. chopped fine walnuts
1/2 Tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
2 Tbsp. butter, cut into 8 pieces, plus extra 1/2 Tbsp.
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup hot water

Pre heat oven to 375 degrees

Remove core of apples, slice off bottom to stand in baking dish
   and slice off from top, a thin piece
Place 4 apples into square 8x8 glass baking dish
Mix brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, walnuts
   and 4 pieces of cut butter together in separate bowl
Divide this mixture between the 4 apples. Fill full and stuff,
   place 1 cut piece of butter on top each filled apple
Add hot water, lemon juice, and 1/2 Tbsp. of butter into bottom 
   of baking dish
Cover loosely with foil

Bake for 20 minutes, remove foil, bake additional 20 minutes
   To check for doneness, knife should easily slide into apple
   Stir hot juice carefully, put a little on top of each apple

Makes 4 servings
Serve with Cool Whip, ice cream, maybe a little carmel topping
Refrigerate leftovers and reheat