Amazing Apple Tart

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

For sauce: In a small saucepan, combine apple juice, brown sugar, 3 tablespoons butter (or spread), cinnamon, and a dash of salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

Place a 6-ounce custard cup, upside down, in the center of a 9-inch pie plate. Lightly coat the outside of the custard cup with cooking spray. Using the tines of a fork, score the uncut sides of apple halves. Place apple halves, cut sides up, in pie plate around custard cup. Drizzle apples with sauce.

Prepare Biscuit Pastry: In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder, granulated sugar and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Using a fork, stir in milk until combined. Gather mixture together and knead gently just until dough forms a ball.

On a well-floured surface, slightly flatten dough. Roll dough from center to edge into a 10-inch circle. Place pastry over apples and custard cup (pastry will sink down over apples). Tuck dough between apples and pie plate (do not crimp or flute). Bake for 12 minutes.

Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes more or until pastry is golden and apples are tender. If needed, cover with foil the last 10 minutes to prevent overbrowning. Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Invert onto a 10- to 12-inch serving plate. To serve, cut into wedges and spoon sauce from custard cup over wedges.