Baked apples

Author: Sarah Swain - Food writer, stylist and recipe creator

Photographer: Melanie Jenkins

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Serves: 6

Time to make: 2 hrs 45 mins

Hands-on time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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6 apples
40g reduced-fat spread
¼ cup sliced almonds
¼ cup chopped dried apricots
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ cup soft brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
½ cup apple juice
½cup water

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Instructions

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1 Preheat slow cooker to high. Core apples about three-quarters of the way through, making a hole about 4cm round the top of each. Use a sharp knife to score around the centre of each apple.

2 Mix spread together with almonds, apricots, cinnamon and sugar and use to fill apple cavities. Place apples in slow cooker, filling side up.

3 Pour juice and water around apples. Add a little more water if liquid does not come to just over halfway up apples. Cover and cook for 2-2 1/2 hours until apples are tender.

Serving suggestion

Serve apples immediately after cooking with low-fat yoghurt, sprinkled with ground cinnamon.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check cinnamon is gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 164 cal

Kilojoules 680 kJ

Protein 2 g

Total fat 8 g

Saturated fat 1 g

Carbohydrates 20 g

Sugar 20 g

Dietary fibre 3 g

Sodium 30 mg

Calcium 40 mg

Iron 1 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

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