Baked Apples With Oatmeal And Brown Sugar

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lemon, cut in half
• 4 large red apples
• 3/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup oatmeal
• 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• whipped cream, optional

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 squeeze juice from lemon halves into a large bowl with 2 cups cold water.
• 3 peel top third of each apple.
• 4 with a small knife and working from the top of each apple, carefully carve out a large"bowl," including the core, about 2 inches in diameter, leaving the bottom of apple intact.
• 5 reserve all cut-away pieces.
• 6 place carved apples in lemon water.
• 7 chop cut-away apple pieces into small chunks, removing any core or seeds.
• 8 toss with 3 tablespoons honey and cinnamon; set aside.
• 9 combine remaining 9 tablespoons honey with 1/2 cup hot water and stir until well blended.
• 10 stand apples, cut side up, in a 9" x 9" shallow baking dish.
• 11 place 1 teaspoon butter in bowl of each apple and pour honey and water mixture on top.
• 12 cover dish with foil and bake until tender, 25 to 35 minutes.
• 13 meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring 1 3/4 cups water and a pinch of salt to a boil.
• 14 add oatmeal and apple pieces, and stir until mixture returns to a boil; reduce heat and cover.
• 15 cook until tender, 7 to 10 minutes.
• 16 remove from heat.
• 17 remove apples from oven and carefully fill with oatmeal mixture.
• 18 top with brown sugar.
• 19 place under the broiler 1 minute, just until light brown sugar is bubbly and dark brown.
• 20 serve with whipped cream, if desired.