Stuffed Baked Apples I

Description
Contributed by Healthy Recipes for Diabetic Friends Y-Group
 * 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

Directions

 * 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