• 6 cooking apples
• 2 oz. demerara sugar
• ½ gill water<

Prepare the filling. Wash and core the apples. Cut round the skin of the apple with the tip of a sharp knife, ⅔ of the way up from the base. Put the apples into a fireproof dish and fill the centres with the chosen filling. Sprinkle with the demerara sugar. Add the water. Bake in a moderate oven (350° F., Gas 4) until the apples are soft in the centre—about ¾–1 helpings hr., depen