••••SUCH A COMFORT!!
••••ROASTED APPLES WITH ICE CREAM••••
PREP: 15 minutes ROAST: about 20 minutes
MAKES 6 servings
•4 tablespoons butter or margarine
•3/4 cup light brown sugar
•1/3 cup golden raisins
•2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
•2 tablespoons Calvados (apple brandy), apple juice, or water
•6 small Granny Smith apples (about 1-1/2 pounds), each cut in half and cored
•1-1/2 pints vanilla ice cream
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add sugar, raisins, lemon juice, and Calvados and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar melts.
3. Pour sugar mixture into 15-1/2 "by 10-1/2" jelly-roll pan; add apples, cut sides down. Roast 20 minutes, without turning, or until apples are very soft.
4. Serve warm apples and their syrup with ice cream. 
