Recipe - Maple Pecan Baked Apples

6 lg Golden Delicious apples;
(about 3 One half pounds)
2/3 cup Plus 6 tablespoons coarsely
chopped pecans
1/3 cup Golden raisins
One fourth cup Sweetened flaked coconut
2 tablespoon Pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
One fourth teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
6 tablespoon Peach or apricot preserves
1 cup Unfiltered apple juice or
cider
2 tablespoon (One fourth stick) unsalted butter

Try these for both dessert and breakfast. They're great with their pan
juices or the Apple Custard Sauce.

Preheat oven to 375°F. Core apples. Peel top third of each apple. Using
small sharp knife, cut 1/4inchdeep line all around each where peel and
flesh meet. Using small sharp knife, cut about 1 1/4inchwide, 1inchdeep
hollow in top of each apple. Cut off thin slice from bottom of each to
allow apples to stand flat. Place apples in 13x9x2inch glass baking dish.

Finely chop 2/3 cup pecans, raisins and coconut in processor. Transfer to
small bowl. Mix in maple syrup, lemon peel, cinnamon and nutmeg. Divide
filling equally among hollows in apples.

Spread 1 tablespoon preserves over top of each apple and into hollows.
Press 1 tablespoon chopped pecans atop each.

Combine apple juice and butter in small saucepan. Stir over medium heat
until butter melts. Pour into dish around apples. Cover dish loosely with
foil. Bake apples 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake until apples are tender,
basting with juices every 10 minutes, about 35 minutes longer. Serve apples
warm with pan juices.

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