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Baked Apples Cherries

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling, chilling or freezing 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 large Granny Smith apples
  • 1/2 cup dried cherries with no added sugar
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon granulated erythritol
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt, optional

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Core 4 large Granny Smith or Honeycrisp apples from top, leaving bottoms intact to form cups.
  3. Use a spoon to widen the cavity slightly.
  4. Mix ½ cup dried cherries (no sugar added), ¼ cup chopped walnuts, 1 tablespoon erythritol, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon melted butter in a small bowl.
  5. Gently pack cherry-walnut filling into each apple.
  6. Place the stuffed apples in a baking dish.
  7. Drizzle each apple with ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract.
  8. Add ¼ cup water to dish bottom.
  9. Cover with foil; bake 30 minutes.
  10. Uncover; bake another 15-20 minutes until apples are tender and cherries plump.
  11. Spoon pan juices over apples once or twice during final baking.
  12. Cool 5 minutes before serving.
  13. Serve with optional plain Greek yogurt.
  14. Drizzle with pan syrup for extra flavor.

Notes

Equipment: 8-inch square baking dish, apple corer.
Serving size: one 4th of the recipe.
Use the named sweetener form and amount; concentrated drops or pure monk fruit are not equivalent to a spoon-for-spoon granulated blend. Nutrition has not been calculated.