A nice breakfast fruit or a wonderful fall dessert with cinnamon or caramel ice cream.

- 1 Apple per person. Tart apples are better

  for baking as they maintain their shapes.

  Sweeter apples tend to become mushy, I

  prefer Granny Smith or Gala Apples.

- Quality Breakfast Cereal such as

  Post Select

- Nutmeg or Cinnamon or Apple Pie Spice

- Melted butter

- Lemon Juice

            - Cinnamon Sticks (optional)

Directions:

1. Pulverize breakfast cereal in blender or food processor & mix with your spice of choice. 2. Peel and core apples leaving a base on the bottom side to hold filling. 3. Flatten bottom so apple sits upright.
4. Brushing apples with lemon juice prevents them from turning brown. 5. Brush each apple with melted butter. 6. Coat outsides of apple with cereal-spice mixture. 7. Put additional cereal filling and a cinnamon stick in the hollow core and a dab of butter if you choose. 8. Bake in a glass pan with about ½ '' of hot water for about 1 - 1 ½ hours at 350 degrees.
9. Check for doneness as apple varieties vary in their baking times. Serve immediately or refrigerate overnight and reheat for serving.

Tip: A nice presentation is on a plate in a puddle of vanilla yogurt with a few colorful berries.