Baked stuffed apples.

Now when I was a young boy my mum used to bake apples in the oven with brown sugar on the top.  The skin and sugar caramelised and you have them best crisp skin on the outside, and under that soft apple.  Well this is like that but instead of taking out the core of the apple and stuffing it with mincemeat I use a mix of dried fruits and spices.

4 large cooking apples

Some sultanas about a hand full

Some dry apricots about 12 to 16

Pinch of ground nutmeg

Pinch of ground cinnamon

2 tbsp lemon juice

3 tbsp unrefined sugar

Now as to how much dried fruit you need that is a deficit question to answer as it all depends on the size of the apple and how much of the core that you take out .

First, take your dried fruits and then place them in a bowl.  Add the dry spices and 2 tablespoons of the sugar.  Then add the lemon juice and give it all a good stir round so that every thing is well mixed together. Now all depending on how much of the core you take out you might want to cut the dry apricots up so that the fit in to the space in the middle of the apple.

Now wash your apples to make sure that you do not have any thing on the out side of them.  Then remove the core from the centre of your apple and place them on a baking tray.

Now take the dried fruit mix and stuff the centre of the apple, pack it down .then with the last of the sugar sprinkle the sugar on the tops of the apples.

Now place them in the oven set at 200c/400f and bake them for about 30 to 40 minutes. Just be carful not to over cook them or the skins will spilt and the apple will just burst out.

The once they are cooked use a fish slice and lift them on to plates and serve them straight away.