Sig's Baked Apples with Filling

• 4 large apples like cox orange or similar
• 250 grams marzipan paste for baking
• 2 handful pecan nuts, because I love them (tradition states walnuts)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 handfull of rum soaked raisins, chopped up (optional)
• 4 tablespoon honey
• 250 ml bought or home made thick custard

1. Wash the apples
2. Wash your apples , then slice of a thin thin slicemof the stem end and the top end
3. Core the apple
4. Take out a bit more of then apple to make a little dent , preheat your oven to 175C
5. crush the pecan nuts and mix throughly with the marzipan, the cinnamon and if using the rum soaked raisins if you are using them.
6. Fill the mass into the holes of the apples until it is perfectly closed , add half a pecan nut on top
7. Put the apples into a baking dish and drizzle with the honey
8. Cover with the apple tops and bake in oven on 175C until the skin pops in places and the apples are cooked all the way through , this can be between 30 to 45 minutes depending on size of apple .
9. When finished spoon some custard onto plate, place a baked apple in center and drizzle the honeybfrom he baking dish over the apple .

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Taken from cookpad.com/uk/recipes/485007-sigs-baked-apples-with-filling (may not work)