Ingredients

  • 6 medium apples (Granny Smith apples work well)
  • 1/4 c. softened butter
  • 1/2 c. quick oats
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp. flour
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/2 c. pecans
  • 1/2 c. raisins
  • Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Have you ever cored an apple?
  • Youll need to core all six.
  • Hold the apple on the cutting board, making sure you hold the sides of the apple, not the bottom.
  • Push the corer into the top of the stem.
  • My corer is kind of small, so I push it through three or four times to make a 1-inch hole.
  • Put the cored apples in the greased baking dish.
  • Put the rest of the ingredients into the mixing bowl.
  • Either mix it all together with the wooden spoon, or have fun and squish it together with your clean hands.
  • Fill the hollow apples with the oatmeal mixture.
  • If you have extra of the mixture, pile it on top.
  • Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  • Use your potholders to take the apples out of the oven, and let them cool before you eat them.
  • I like to top each apple with a scoop of vanilla ice cream just before serving.