8 Apples, cored
Cherry or
strawberry
-jam
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 ts Mace or nutmeg
1 c Red wine
1/2 ts Vanilla
Place apples in a buttered casserole or baking dish.
Fill each with jam.
Blend sugar and mace and stir in wine and vanilla.
Pour over apples and cover. Bake at 350 degrees F.
for 1 hour. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours before
serving.
NOTES:
* Baked apples with red wine -- This recipe could be
used as part of a 12- course meal known in Polish as
Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after
sundown on Christmas Eve.