Baked Apple Surprise Recipe

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This sweet-savory recipe is a favorite. Use Brie instead of blue cheese if you like things creamier. My tip? Bake the apples in a muffin tin so they won’t roll around. —Jessica Levinson, South Nyack, New York

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Baked Apple Surprise Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 35 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

10 35 45

Ingredients

2 medium apples
2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese, divided
2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
2 tablespoons bran flakes
1 tablespoon golden raisins
1 tablespoon raisins
1 tablespoon brown sugar

Directions

Cut apples in half lengthwise; remove cores. Place in an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish. Fill each half with 1 teaspoon blue cheese.
In a small bowl, combine the oats, bran flakes, golden raisins, raisins and brown sugar; spoon into apples. Top with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until tender. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 2 filled apple halves equals 181 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 6 mg cholesterol, 141 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Baked Apple Surprise in Healthy Cooking August/September 2011, p61