Adirondack Apples:

3         Empire Apples
1/2     cup of  New York State Maple syrup
3         cinnamon sticks
1         tsp.of  genuine vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 400-F or 204-C degrees. In a bowl, mix well the syrup and the vanilla extract. While oven is preheating, wash, core, but do not peel the apples. Place apples in a baking brick or other high-walled oven dish. Insert a cinnamon stick into each apple, and fill in the remain core space with the syrup/vanilla extract mix, drizzling remaining mix over the apples. Cook for fifty minutes.

Terry L. White is the author of more than 18 books, including her popular Chesapeake Series.