Um... Well... That went well.

Once upon a time, there was a young woman who wanted some delicious baked apples.
She couldn't remember which apples she wanted to get, so she just bought some that looked nice, including two Granny Smith because she knew those were good for baking.

A photograph of two reddish apples and two smaller green ones sitting on a counter in front of a crockpot.

She tried to core them and peel just the tops, as the internet had instructed.

 She failed at coring them, resulting in a giant mess on her counter and holes all the way through the apples, but seeds still inside. She dug out the seeds messily and then she thought things would be okay, but then it turned out that the apples didn't even fit in her crockpot.

Sadly, no picture of this stage is available.

Then, the young woman got VERY ANGRY at her apples. She cut them all in half and threw them into the crockpot all willy-nilly, then moved on to the butter.

By this stage, the young woman was so frustrated that she no longer cared about recipes. She cut up a huge quantity of butter, threw it into the crockpot on top of the apples, dumped in a ton of brown sugar and a handful of raisins, and sprinkled a random quantity of cinnamon on top of everything. She mixed it up with a wooden spoon.

A picture of a mess, including pieces of red and green apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter in a black crockpot.

Then she turned the crockpot on High, covered it, and stomped off.

The end.

 This is how I cook, y'all.

Animated gif of Moriarty from BBC's Sherlock smiling mischievously and shrugging.

...Fingers crossed that it actually turns out to be food.

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Update:

Apples inside a black crockpot are visible. The peels show a little bit of color, and the apple flesh is lightly golden; the apples still mostly hold their shape. A plump raisin sits on top of one of the apples.

Here's it after one and a half hours on high. The raisins are getting all plump, which is weird. I had to open it and stir it because the water was trying to boil over...

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You all cannot even imagine how fantastic this smells.

The apples are now a darker gold and soft, and the liquid surrounding the pieces of apple is bubbling and caramel-colored. Several raisins are visible, and the peels still show a slight bit of color.