Stuffed Baked Apples I

Stuffed Baked Apples

Submitted by: jill karlya Source: dLife

Ingredients: 2 medium cooking apples Vegetable cooking spray 1 large dried or fresh fig, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind 1/4 cup unsweetened orange juice, divided 1 tablespoon chopped pecans 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions: To prepare, core apples, cutting to, but not through, bottoms, peel top third of each apple. Place apples in a 9- x 5- x 3-inch loafpan coated with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, combine fig, orange rind, 1 tablespoon orange juice, peacans and cinnamon. Spoon fig mixture evenly in cavities of apples. Drizzle remaining 3 tablespoons orange juice over apples.

Cover and bake apples at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until apples are tender. (Baste occasionally with cooking liquid.)

Serve warm.

Gala or New Zealand apples are sweeter and crisper than most other cooking apples.

Nutritional Information: Calories 115, Carbohydrates 23.1g, Fat 3.2g, Saturated fat 0.3g, Fiber 4.5g, Protein 0.9g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 1mg.

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