Ingredients

• 4 apples
• 1/3 cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup brown stevia (or brown sugar)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg (fresh grated preferred)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• vanilla
• butter
• vanilla ice cream (optional)

Instructions

1. chop nuts if not pre-sliced
2. mix brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, nuts in a bowl
3. Wash apples and carve out tops with a spoon, getting all the core but not drilling through
4. Add apples to a baking dish (8x8 works)
5. fill apples with mixture
6. Add a splash (~ 1 tsp) vanilla to each apple
7. Add a pad of butter to each apple
8. Add 1.5 cups water to the bottom of dish
9. bake at 350F for 50 minutes
10. Optionally, halfway through baking, remove and baste apples with juice at bottom
11. Serve with vanilla ice cream