Baked Oranges - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 large oranges
1/2 cup sugar
8 teaspoons butter (no substitutions)

Preparation

Wash oranges well.
Place in a large saucepan and cover with water; boil for 30 minutes.
Drain and cool.
Preheat oven to 350F and butter a baking dish.
When cool enough to handle, cut off a small slice at blossom end and remove the core and seeds (if any).
Put 1 tablespoons of sugar and one teaspoon of butter in the center of each.
Place filled oranges in buttered dish and carefully fill dish to 2/3 full with water.
Bake for 2 hours.