Place apples in a buttered casserole or baking dish. Fill each with jam. Blend sugar and mace and stir in wine and vanilla. Pour over apples and cover. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour. Refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours before serving. NOTES: * Baked apples with red wine -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12- course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. : Difficulty: easy. : Time: 5 minutes preparation, 1 hour cooking. : Precision: Approximate measurement OK. : Original recipe passed down through the generations and translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by Edward Chrzanowski : MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust