Oven Baked Tomatoes

This recipe works perfectly with
the overripe tomatoes as well
as the not quite ripe tomatoes.
Even makes store bought tomatoes
taste almost as good as the garden.

Ingredients:
4 large tomatoes
1 Tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons fresh chopped basil
1 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 cup bread crumbs
4 teaspoons butter
salt to taste
black pepper to taste

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Remove stem ends from tomatoes.
Cut tomatoes in half horizontally.
Set cut-side-up in a shallow baking dish.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, onion,
herbs, toasted bread crumbs.
Dot with unsalted butter.
Bake for about 15 minutes.