Stuffed Whole Apple Crisp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large baking apple
2 tablespoons rolled oats (you could substitute 1 T chopped nuts for 1 T of rolled oats for more crunch)
1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar, plus
1 teaspoon firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons flour
1/4 cup cranberry-apple juice or 1/4 cup apple cider (you may use any flavor apple juice)
2 tablespoons caramel ice cream topping

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Put the oats, brown sugar, flour and butter into a small bowl.
Stir well until well blended.
With a sharp knife or a melon baller,cut the core and seeds out of the center of apple, keeping the apple whole.
Place the apple in a small baking dish.
Spoon the oat mix into the center core hole and mold the remaining oat mix on the top the sliced area.
Pour the juice over the apple.
Bake, until the apple is tender-- about 50-60 minutes.
Baste with the juice a few times during baking.
Place the warm apple in a dessert dish.
Spoon the juice from the pan over the apple.
Heat the carmel topping for a few seconds in a microwave.
Drizzle the caramel topping over the apple.
Enjoy.