Baked Stuffed Apples

Name: Baked Stuffed Apples
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 4 medium apples; 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese, divided; 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats; 1 tablespoon dried cranberries; 4 tablespoons raisins; 2 tablespoons brown sugar

My husband loves the smell of these stuffed apples while they're baking in the oven. He often tells me it wouldn't be a true holiday celebration without them. — Tre Balchowsky, Sausalito, California

Ingredients

4 medium apples
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese, divided
1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
1 tablespoon dried cranberries
4 tablespoons raisins
2 tablespoons brown sugar

Directions

Cut apples in half lengthwise; remove cores. Place in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Fill each half with 1 teaspoon blue cheese.
In a small bowl, combine the oats, cranberries, raisins and brown sugar; spoon into apples. Top with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until tender.

Originally published as Baked Apple Suprise in Taste of Home Special Interest Publications 2013