Baked Apples With Caramel Sauce

These are scrumptious.

Preheat oven to 330 degrees f.

In a bowl , combine walnuts , raisins , cup melted butter and 4 tblsps sugar.

Peel and core the apples , leaving them whole.

Arrange them in a pie plate just large enough to hold them in one layer , and fill the cavity of each apple with of the walnut-raisin mixture.

Sprinkle the zest over the apples with 1 tblsp melted butter and 2 tblsps of the sugar.

Pour brandy around apples.

Bake , basting occasionally , for 1 hour to 1 hours , or until apples are tender.

Keep warm , covered loosely.

For sauce: in a saucepan , combine butter , sugars , salt and cream and cook over low heat , stirring , until sugar is dissolved.

Increase heat to high , boil sauce for 2 minutes , and let cool to room temperature.

Divide sauce among 4 dessert plates and put apple in center.

Top with whipped cream.

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