Baked Apples With Sultanas

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Dinners, School	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Bramley apples, cored
6	t	Low fat spread
4		Heaped tsp rasins
4	t	Granulated unrefined sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Arrange the apples tightly in an oven proof dish, well greased with
low fat spread. Use the rest of the low fat spread to make the  filling
for the apples. Mix it with the rasins and the sugar and  stuff it deep
into each apple. Pour a little water around the filled  apples and bake
in the oven at 180Ã¸C/350Ã¸F/gas mark 4 for about 45  minutes, or until
the apples are soft and splitting their skins.  Serve hot or cold with
custard, single cream, ice cream or creme  fraiche.  Converted by
MC_Buster.  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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