8 Tart Juicy Apples 6 tb Light Brown Sugar 1 tb Cinnamon 1 tb Butter 2 tb Lemon Juice 1 c Nuts; chopped 3/4 c Pure Maple Syrup 1/2 c Water 1/4 ts Salt 1 ts Vanilla Core apples and pare them about 1/3 down from the stem end. Mix sugar, spices, nuts and fill center of each apple, press in firmly. Pat surplus sugar mix on pared portion of apple. Top with dot of butter. Place apples in shallow baking pan. Combine maple syrup, water, lemon juice and salt, heat quickly to boiling and remove from fire and add vanilla. Pour syrup mixture gently on top of each apple and around apples. Bake 350 for 40-45 min. Baste with pan liquid at the end of first 15 min., then 2 more times. Test with toothpick for doneness at the end of 30 min. Serve with cream. Pat Empson 05/20 07:17 pm FOOD AND WINE BB TOPIC: FOOD SOFTWARE TIME: 05/20 8:08 PM TO: PAT EMPSON (PFXX29A) FROM: PAT EMPSON (PFXX29A) SUBJECT: MM-MORE APPLES