Sounds like a great idea Teri.
However I'd bake the two halves..Little leftover in oatmeal tomorrow would be great!
I'd put a little water in the pan. Skin side down, little butter in the "cored" out spot. Sprinkle with brown sugar or drizzle with maple syrup or honey..add a sprinkling of cinnamon and put it in with the pork..check on it about 20 minutes later.

This is so good. I make it as a dessert.

Baked Apples with Granola Filling

4 baking apples
Granola mix (will add cinnamon and/or allspice to it)
½ cup orange juice
¼ cup honey
Vanilla yogurt (we prefer frozen vanilla yogurt)

Wash and core apples. Cut a thin slice around the top of the apple. Place apples in a baking dish.

Fill the cored out section with granola until piled above the apple. Pour orange juice around apples in dish, drizzle honey over granola.

Bake at 350 degrees, basting often, for about 30 minutes. Serve topped with vanilla yogurt.

I don't have an apple corer and always seem to butcher them when I do it with a knife. And, like you, my family enjoys them but nobody wants a large serving. So I usually slice the apples and cook them on the stovetop like my grandmother used to do. For some reason, they're usually called "fried" apples when they're done this way, even though they're just simmered. I can't give you specific amounts since it all depends on the volume of apples, but you should have no trouble figuring out what's reasonable.

Slice the apples. (Definitely not paper-thin or they'll start to disintegrate as they cook. Cut about like you would a nice, thick slice of tomato to put on a hamburger.) Put in a skillet with some apple juice; simmer gently until apples are tender but not mushy. Turn them occasionally as they cook. (For 1 apple, I'd guess you might use about 1/2 cup of juice -- enough that there's plenty of cooking liquid but they're not just 'swimming' in it.) When done, remove apple slices.

Pour a little more juice into a bowl; whisk in a small amount of cornstarch. (Again, guessing, maybe 3 or 4 T. juice and a tsp. of c/s.) Add whatever spices you like in small quantities. You can use nutmeg, cinnamon, apple pie spice, etc. Then mix in 2 or 3 teaspoons of sugar, depending on how sweet you like them. I like a squirt of lemon juice in there too. Add mixture to juices in skillet; bump the heat up fairly high and cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce is bubbly and thick. Taste and adjust seasonings. Return apples to skillet and continue cooking briefly until thoroughly reheated.

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Thanks for the ideas. They all sound good. I followed Terri's advice and they turned out very tasty. The whole family liked them. I'll be making them again.
Teri

Here's another way to do "baked apples":

Peel & slice your apples
Peel & chunk up sweet potatoes
Toss apples with a bit of lemon juice, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon & cornstarch in a buttered baking dish-- add a little water--toss again-- stir in the sweet potato chunks-- cover & bake 25 minutes .

Or cheat like I do sometimes and mix the sweet potato chunks with a can of apple pie filling & bake.

Yeah...it worked..LOL...I've never done it personally..because no one but me loves baked apples..but that's what I'd do if I did...which makes me think that maybe I should treat myself! Since I don't eat baked treats(as in cookies, cakes and such) much anymore...

I core my apples (Pink Lady!) and stuff them with almond paste, a bit of brown sugar, and sometimes some chopped dried cherries. Unless I have the oven going for something else, I usually nuke them because they come out just the same.