6 large golden delicious apples
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter/margarine
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
6 gummy worms
1 cup whipping cream (optional)

core apples from blossom ends, leaving stem ends intact. mix raisins and walnuts and stuff into cavities of cored apples. set apples, stems up, in a 7″x12 pan. in a 1-2 qt pan, mix brown sugar, water, butter,cinnamon, and nutmeg; stir over high heat until mixture boils. pour hot syrup around apples. bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven, basting occasionally with syrup, until apples are tender when pierced and skin begins to crack, 30-35 minutes.

remove apples from oven; cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes or let cool to room temperature. set each apple in a small bowl and spoon syrup around fruit. in the top of each apple, cut a hole large enough for one of the gummy worms and tuck one end into each apple, leaving most of the worm dangling. offer cream to pour over the apples.

6 servings