RECIPE OF THE DAY! FALL BAKED MAPLE APPLES

This fall bounty includes apples, walnuts (I like pecans), and maple syrup. All three come together in this super-fragrant dessert.
It's that time of year again, Apple-picking season. If you are like me you will find you have too many apples on your hands after a weekend of apple-picking with your kids and family. Here is a nice recipe to use up some of the apples. Makes for a low calorie desert.
Apples are loaded with fiber, the soluble kind that helps lower blood cholesterol.
Maple syrup, cinnamon and just a bit of butter bathe baked apples in a luscious warm sauce. YUMMMM... ENJOY!!


Prep Time: 10 min

Start to Finish: 50 min

makes: 4 servings


Ingredients

4 medium cooking apples

1 teaspoon butter or no-trans-fat margarine

1/4 cup pure maple syrup

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon chopped nuts, if desired


Directions

1. Heat oven to 375°F. Core apples. Peel 1-inch strip of skin from around middle of each apple, or peel upper half of each apple, to prevent splitting.

2. In ungreased 8-inch square glass baking dish, place apples upright. Place 1/4 teaspoon of the butter and 1 tablespoon of the syrup in center of each apple. Pour water into baking dish until 1/4 inch deep.

3. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, spooning syrup in dish over apples several times, until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nuts.


140 Calories per 1 serving