| 4 MEDIUM BAKING APPLES (SUCH AS MCINTOSH OR PIPPIN) WASHED, DRIED & CORDED, BUT LEFT WHOLE ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4 CUP DRIED FRUIT FILLING 2-OZ SWEET BUTTER, CUT INTO 4 EQUAL BITS OR STREUSEL TOOPING PRE-HEAT OVEN TO 350-degrees F IN AN OVEN PROOF BAKING DISH, (SPRAYED WITH VEGETABLE SPRAY & LINED WITH PARCHMENT PAPER) PLACE THE CORDED APPLES SPOON IN THE FILLING, PUSHING DOWN AS YOU GO (TAKES ABOUT 2-1/2 TO 3 TABLESPOONS) PLACE A PIECE OF BUTTER OR STREUSEL TOPPOING ON TOP OF EACH APPLE AND BAKE IN THE OVEN UNTIL THE APPLES ARE FORK TENDER, ABOUT 40 TO 50 MINUTES (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE) COOL SLIGHTLY BEFORE SERVING WITH A DOLLOP OF SWEETENED WHIPPED CREAM OR CHANTILLY CREAM YIELDS 4 SERVINGS |
| BAKED APPLES WITH DRIED FRUIT FILLING |