Recipe - Crusty Baked Apples

TwoCrust Pie Pastry
4 Apples
One fourth cup Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
2 tablespoon Chopped Nuts
2 tablespoon Raisins
One fourth cup Softened Butter

Prepare a 2crust pie mix or basic pastry according to directions. Wrap
dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes. Pare 4 apples and hollow
out centers. Blend remaining ingredients; fill centers of apples. Brush
apples with lemon juice.

Roll pastry into 4 7.5" x 8.5" squares. Place apple in center of each.
Brush with egg; pinch edges together; place clove on top. Cut 16 leaves
from leftover pastry. Brush with beaten egg; press 4 leaves to top of each
pastry. Bake in greased baking pan at 425 degrees for 40 minutes or until
brown.

Recipe by: The Oregonian's "Food Day"

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #826 by LBotsko@aol.com on Oct 5, 1997