Harvest Baked Apples

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

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remover cores from apples to within 1/2 in. 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 and raisins and spoon evenly into centers of apples. Let stand 1 minute.

By Robin