Baked Apples
(serves 4)

Ingredients
4 apples
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon chopped pecans or walnuts
1 1/2 tablespoon raisins
4 tablespoon butter
4 cinnamon sticks
1/3 cup apple juice

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut the top off each apple and then core and seed them, but do not cut to the bottom of the apple. Mix the brown sugar, nuts and raisins and fill each apple. Put one cinnamon stick in each and put a tablespoon of butter on top of the apples.

Place filled apples in a buttered baking pan and add apple juice to the bottom of pan. Bake until apples are tender and soft, basting occasionally for about 35 to 40 minutes.

Serve as soon as they come out of the oven with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.