Porcupine Apple

Ingredients :

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apples.

6 large apples

1 c.sugar

1 c.water

2 doz.almonds

Currant Jelly

Directions :

Wash, core, and pare the apples. Make a sirup by bringing the sugar and
water to the boiling point. Put the apples into the sirup, cook on one side
for several minutes, and then turn and cook on the other side. Do not
allow the apples to cook completely in the sirup, but when they are
still hard remove them and continue to boil the sirup down. Set the apples
in a shallow pan, stick the almonds, which should be blanched, into
them so that they will project like porcupine quills, sprinkle them with
sugar, and bake in the oven until they are soft and the almonds slightly
brown. Remove from the oven, fill the center of each with currant jelly,
pour the juice over them and serve.