Baked Apples

• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 cup apple juice
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 8 Gala or Golden Delicious apples
• 3 tablespoons brandy
• 1/2 cup crme fraiche

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Combine vinegar, juice, butter, and sugar in a 13- by 9-inch glass baking dish.
3. Cut off top 3/4 inch of apples to make lids.
4. Scoop out cores with a melon-ball cutter and replace lids.
5. Put apples in baking dish and cover with foil.
6. Bake in middle of oven until very tender but still intact, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
7. Transfer apples to plates and boil pan juices with brandy in a saucepan until reduced to about 1 cup.
8. Fill apples with crme fraiche and serve with sauce.

cider vinegar, apple juice, unsalted butter, sugar, gala, brandy, crme fraiche

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/baked-apples-105618 (may not work)