Baked Apples with Vanilla Syrup

Ingredients

 * 8 – 10 equal-sized apples
 * ⅓ cupful walnut
 * ¾ cupful sugar
 * vanilla
 * cinnamon according to taste
 * 50 g butter

Directions

 * 1) Peel and carefully hollow the apples.
 * 2) Prepare a stuffing from the beaten butter, ¾ cupful of sugar, crushed walnut kernels and cinnamon.
 * 3) Stuff the apples and place in a lined dish, pour over 1 – 2 spoonfuls of water and bake in a moderate oven.
 * 4) Serve cold, sweetened with syrup made from cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of water and vanilla.
 * 5) The same recipe may be used for quinces and pears.