harvest baked apples

By momofsixplus1

Ingredients

• 8 medium baking apples
• 1/2 cup apple or orange juice
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Preparation

Step 1

prehat oven to 350. remove cores from apples to within 1/2 inch of bottoms of apples; pierce the skins with a sharp knife. place apples in shallow baking dish.

combine juice, sugar, and cinnamon, pour over apples.

bake 30-35 minutes or until apples are tender, basting occasionally with the juice mixture. remove apples from oven. combine cheese, raisins and pecans, spoon evenly into center of apples, let stand 1 minute.

makes 8 servings