Maple walnut baked apples

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4largesCooking apples; such as Mutsu,
; Greening, or Rome
; Beauty
½cupChopped toasted walnuts
2tablespoonsPacked brown sugar
1teaspoonGround cinnamon
¼teaspoonGround nutmeg
¼cupPure maple syrup
½cupUnsweetened apple juice

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Wash and core the apples, leaving the bottoms intact. In a bowl, combine the walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup. Stuff the hollowedout center of each apple with the nut mixture.

Place the apples upright and close together in the pan. Combine the apple juice with the remaining 2 tablespoons of maple syrup and pour around the apples. Cover the baking pan with aluminum foil and bake for about 45 minutes, until the apples are tender.

Serve hot or cold with vanilla frozen yogurt or whipped cream.

Yield: 4 servings

CHEF DU JOUR WYNELLE STEIN SHOW #DJ9510 Copyright, 1997, Vegetable Kingdom, Inc., Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., All rights reserved.

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