Antique apples

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity	Measure	Ingredient
4	cups	Water
2		Regular tea bags
1	cup	Sugar
	pinch	Cinnamon and ginger
2		Strips lemon zest
3	pounds	Golden delicious -OR- gravenstien apples
½	cup	Orange marmalade
2	tablespoons	Triple sec
4		Lemon slices for garnish

Directions

Bring 4 cups of water to boil. Remove from heat add tea bags, sugar, spices and lemon zest. Let stand about 5 minutes. Peel, core, and quarter apples. Remove tea bags and bring liquid to boil again. Cook apples in liquid about 5 minutes or just til cooked through. Remove with slotted spoon and place in serving dish to cool. In small pan, combine marmalade and liqueur, bring to simmer,stirring well. Pour over apples, garnish with the quartered lemon slices.