Baked Apples Ala Erbe

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 medium granny smith apples or 4 medium other tart baking apples
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup dark molasses
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 core apples.
• 3 do it carefully so the hole does not go all the way through to the bottom.
• 4 place them hole side up in a nonstick cake pan.
• 5 squeeze a bit of lemon juice into each cavity to prevent browning.
• 6 in a small bowl, combine butter, sugar, raisins, and ginger.
• 7 divide mixture evenly between the apples,packing gently.
• 8 combine molasses and orange juice, pour over apples.
• 9 bake 30-40 minutes or until apples are soft but not collapsing.
• 10 you may want to spoon the juices from the pan over the apples a few times during baking.
• 11 allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• 12 serve with vanilla ice cream.