Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles

Ingredients:

6 large baking apples, free of blemishes, cored
3 T raisins, chopped
3 T dried cranberries, unsweetened
2 T walnuts, toasted and chopped
2T almonds, toasted and chopped
½ C apple cider
3 T maple syrup
3 T butter, cut into 6 ½ T pieces

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F
2. Place apples in baking dish
3. Stir together raisins, cranberries, walnuts and almonds, fill holes in apples
4. Drizzle ½ T maple syrup inside each apple, top with butter chunk
5. Pour cider into dish
6. Bake for 25 minutes, or until tender, occasionally basting with cider
7. Remove apples from dish, simmer remaining liquid in a small sauce pan until reduced to syrup
8. Pour over apples

Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream