Spiced Baked Apples

• 14 cup pecan halves
• 13 cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 13 cup firmly packed light brown sugar or 13 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped dried apricots
• 2 tablespoons golden raisins
• 12 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 18 teaspoon ground cloves
• 14 teaspoon ground allspice
• 18 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 6 baking apples, such as Roma Beauty
• 1 cup apple juice

1. FOR FILLING: Preheat oven to 350F Spread the pecan halves on a baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, 5-7 minutes.
2. Remove from the oven, let cool and chop coarsely.
3. Set aside.
4. Raise the oven temerature to 400F.
5. In a small bowl, combine the butter and sugar.
6. Using your fingertips or a wooden spoon, mix to a paste-like consistency.
7. Stir in the pasted nuts, apricots, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.
8. Set aside.
9. TO ASSEMBLE: Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each apple so that it will stand upright.
10. Working from the stem ends and using a sharp knife, core the apples withough piercing the bottoms.
11. Using a small spoon, stuff the mixture into the cored apples, divide it equally.
12. Smooth the tops and cover just the filling with aluminum foil.
13. Place the apples in a 9x13 baking dish.
14. Pour the apple juice into the dish.
15. Bake, basting with the dish juices every 15 minutes, until tender when pierced with a knife, 45-60 minutes.
16. TO SERVE: Transfer the baked apples to a platter or individual serving dishes and serve immediately.

pecan halves, unsalted butter, brown sugar, apricots, golden raisins, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground allspice, ground nutmeg, baking apples, apple juice

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spiced-baked-apples-377127 (may not work)