Baked Apples

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup unsweetened apple juice
• 1/3 cup dry white wine
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 4 medium baking apples
• Cinnamon, to taste
• 1 tablespoon ground walnuts

Equipment:

• Small saucepan
• Apple corer
• Peeler
• 8-inch square baking pan

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Pour apple juice, wine, water, and orange zest in a saucepan. Stir slightly then simmer for 10 minutes.

Core and peel the skin from the top half of each apple.

Set apples upright in baking pan.

Pour 2/3 cup of sauce around apples, reserve 1/3 cup. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Bake for about 20 minutes until the apples are cooked.

Top each apple with 1 tablespoon of sauce, and sprinkle with walnuts.