Baked Apples Recipes

4 md Green apples
-(crispy, tart;
-Granny Smiths are good)
Cinnamon stick (3-inch),
-broken and ground
-OR use 1 1/4 t powdered
14 Allspice berries, ground
-OR about 1/2 t allspice
1/8 t Nutmeg, grated
1/2 c Brown sugar
3 T Butter (grate if cold)
Lemon juice (from
-1/2 medium lemon)
3/4 c Golden raisins
1/4 c Prunes, dried, pitted
3/4 c Walnuts, chopped
-(or other nuts)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a deep baking dish that has a lid.
Core the apples but do not peel them. Arrange them in the dish. Cut apples
to fit, if necessary.

Combine all remaining ingredients in bowl. Mix well (this is where grating
the butter comes in handy). Stuff this mixture into the holes and spaces
in and between the apples.

Bake covered at 400 degrees F. for about 30 minutes. Serve hot with
vanilla ice cream (spoon extra sauce over ice cream).

NOTES:

* A quick substitute for apple pie.

* Grind the cinnamon stick and allspice berries with a coffee grinder;
makes interesting coffee afterwards. Alternative: Use about 1 1/4 t
powdered cinnamon and 1/2 t allspice.

Arizona Pecan Chocolate Rum Pie

1/4 ts Salt
1 1/4 c Flour
1/2 c Lard; chilled
3 Eggs; lightly beaten
3 tb Water
1/4 ts Vinegar
1 1/2 oz Unsweetened chocolate
3 tb Butter
3/4 c Dark corn syrup
1/2 c Brown sugar
3/4 ts Vanilla extract
1 tb Rum
1 1/4 c Chopped pecans

Mix the salt into the flour and cut in the lard. Measure out 1 tablespoon

Lightly flour a work surface and rolling pin and roll the dough into an 11

Melt the chocolate and butter together in a heavy saucepan. Set aside and

Stir the corn syrup and sugar into the reserved eggs. Add the chocolate a

Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until set. The filling will rise.