Baked Apples

Ingredients

• Oven temp: 350 F-180 C
• Makes 4- 6
• Apples 6 medium or 4 large
• Lemon juice 2 tbsp
• Dates (Khajur), chopped fine ¾ cup
• Walnuts (Akhrot), chopped fine ¼ cup
• Brown sugar 1 cup
• Water 1 cup
• Butter 2 tbsp
• Cinnamon (Dalchini) powder ½ tsp

Preparation

• Wash and wipe apples. Core the apples—cut around the stalk in a circle all through the length and scoop out the center, leaving a hollow channel in the center approx. ¾” in diameter.

• Mix the dates, lemon juice and walnuts.

• Fill the cavity of the apples with the date mixture and place in a baking dish.

• Put the brown sugar, water, butter and cinnamon together and bring to a boil.

• Pour this syrup over the apples and place the dish in the pre-heated oven to bake.

• Bake for about an hour, basting (pour the liquid in the dish over the apples) 3-4 times. Serve hot with cream or ice cream, if you so desire.