Simple Baked Apples

Ingredients

• 1.apples, whole, unpeeled
• 2.teaspoon syrup, 1 teaspoon per apple, placed in the bottom of the cored hole
• 3.sugar, to fill the cored hole
• 4.water, slightly sweetened; to fill baking dish ¾ way

Method

1. 1.Slice a 'lid' off each apple.
2. 2.Core apples — be careful not to pierce the bottom.
3. 3.Put a teaspoon of syrup into bottom of apple.
4. 4.Fill rest of hole with sugar.
5. 5.Put back 'lid'.
6. 6.Put into a baking dish filled ¾ way with slightly sweetened water.
7. 7.Bake in a moderate oven until soft.
8. 8.These apples must be watched and basted often.
9. 9.Serve at room temperature.

Notes

• No specific quantities given — ingredients are embedded in the method. Recipe is intentionally simple and flexible.
• Serve with Shirli's Creme Fraiche for an excellent combination.