Cranberry-stuffed Apples Baked In Mulled Wine

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large golden delicious apples, peeled and cored to within 1/4 inch of the bottom
• 4 tablespoons whole cranberry sauce
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick (broken into several pieces)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into bits
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream, stiffly whipped with (optional)
• 1 tablespoon sugar, and (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. butter a 3-qt casserole and set aside.
• 2 fill the center of each apple with cranberry sauce, mounding it ever so slightly on top.
• 3 stand the apples in the prepared casserole, arranging them so they don't touch the casserole sides or one another.
• 4 pour the red wine evenly over the apples, then drop the cloves, the pieces of cinnamon and butter into the casserole, distributing them evenly.
• 5 finally, sprinkle 1 t sugar over each apple.
• 6 bake the apples, uncovered, for 50-60 minutes, till tender, basting with the casserole liquid ever 10 minutes.
• 7 serve hot or warm, spooning a bit of the liquid over the top of each apple and adding, if desired, a dollop of the whipped topping.