Baked Candied Apples

• 4 large apples (such as Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty or Jonathan)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• 14 cup red currant jelly or 14 cup seedless raspberry jam, plus
• 2 tablespoons red currant jelly or 2 tablespoons seedless raspberry jam
• 1 cup apple cider or 1 cup apple juice

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Core apples from the stem end, leaving the base intact to form a well.
3. Peel apples halfway down from the top and arrange in a shallow baking dish.
4. Mix together sugar and ground cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
5. Place a cinnamon stick inside each apple.
6. In a small pan over medium heat, combine jelly and cider; heat, stirring, until jelly has melted.
7. Drizzle over apples and bake, basting occasionally, for 40 minutes or until apples are tender.
8. Serve hot, with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/baked-candied-apples-324371 (may not work)