Stuffed Baked Apples I

Description

• Submitted by: Jill Karlya via dLife

Ingredients

• 2 medium cooking apples (Gala or New Zealand apples are sweeter and crisper than most other cooking apples)
• vegetable cooking spray
• 1 large dried or fresh fig, finely chopped
• ½ teaspoon grated orange rind
• ¼ cup unsweetened orange juice, divided
• 1 tablespoon chopped pecans
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Procedures

1. To prepare, core apples, cutting to, but not through, bottoms, peel top third of each apple.
2. Place apples in a 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
3. In a small bowl, combine fig, orange rind, 1 tablespoon orange juice, pecans and cinnamon.
4. Spoon fig mixture evenly in cavities of apples.
5. Drizzle remaining 3 tablespoons orange juice over apples.
6. Cover and bake apples at 350°F for 40 – 45 minutes or until apples are tender (baste occasionally with cooking liquid)
7. Serve warm.

Nutritional information

Per serving:

• Calories 115 | Carbohydrates 23.1g | Fat 3.2g | Saturated fat 0.3g | Fiber 4.5g | Protein 0.9g | Cholesterol 0mg | Sodium 1mg