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    • Baked Apples

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    Fruits Ross’s, Foreign, Assignment 1 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    4 Bramley apples
    4 fl Whisky
    150 g Molasses sugar
    1 ts Mixed spice
    50 g Dried fruits

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Take the apples, core and make a skin deep slit around their
circumference and reserve. Mix together all the other ingredients and
pack into the cavities.
Add a knob of butter to each and a piece of cinnamon quill and bake
at 180C until you can smell them. Serve with custard.
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