Easy baked apples (microwave)

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4largesCooking apples
¼cupBrown sugar; firmly packed
1teaspoonGround cinnamon
1teaspoonGround nutmeg
2tablespoonsButter or margarine
cup;Water

Directions

Core apples, and slice a thin circle of peel from top of each.

Place apples in a 9" pie-plate. Combine sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; spoon mixture into cavities of apples. Top each with ½ tablespoon butter. Pour water into pieplate; cover with heavy-duty plastic wrap.

Microwave at HIGH for 6 to 8 minutes or until apples are crisp-tender, giving dish a half-turn after 3 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Yield: 4 servings.

October, 1982"Southern Living" Typos by Jeff Pruett Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 10-10-95