Annie’s Baked Apples

Prepare:

• 3 apples- washed, dried, cored (leave skins on)
• 1 TBL butter (to grease bottom of shallow baking pan, then sit apples so you can see down and fill the holes)

Toss together the following list of ingredients, then spoon the mix evenly into each apple:

• ¼ Cup of Sugar
• 1 teasp of Cinnamon
• 2 TBL raisins
• ¼ cup chopped walnuts
• 2 TBL of craisins
• ½ Cup of Quick cooking oatmeal

Pour 1/2 cup of boiling water into pan around apples. Drizzle ¼ cup of pure maple syrup over all the apples. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until apples are soft. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove foil and Scoop out baked apples with a large spoon to get all the insides too. Put into individual serving bowls while very warm and top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

{x-tra apples make great leftovers even delicious cold too!}

Broiled Apples with Maple Syrup

Ingredients:

• 2 TBLs (organic) butter softened
• 4-6 medium firm (organic) apples
• Juice of one (organic) lemon
• 4 TBLs (organic) sugar
• ½ cup pure (organic) maple syrup
• Optional: 1 TBL Apple Brandy (“Pomme de Vie”, which is VT made)
• 1 pint - Vanilla Ice Cream

Preparation:

Pre heat Broiler. Grease a cookie sheet (with sides) or shallow baking pan with butter. Set aside.

Peel, core and cut apples into fat ¼ inch thick slices. Evenly sprinkle the lemon juice and only 2 TBLs of sugar over the apples.

Place the apples in a single layer on the prepared pan and broil about 6 inches from the heat, until apples are

golden, about 7 to 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle the remaining 2 TBLs sugar evenly over the apples. Return to the oven and continue to broil until the edges just begin to darken or slightly char.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan bring the maple syrup to a boil over medium-high heat. Optional: ;Add the 1 TBL of “Pomme de Vie” (the apple brandy) and cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.

Spoon hot apples and sauce over ice cream and serve immediately.

Dishing Up Vermont by Tracey Medeiros