Fruit Baked Apples

By ADW|2017-08-29T15:03:00-04:00Updated: August 29th, 2017|Diabetes Recipes, Fruit|0 Comments

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Equal® Spoonful (or 12 packets Equal sweetener)
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • Pinch ground cinnamon
  • Pinch ground nutmeg
  • 2 cups apple cider or juice
  • 1 package (6 ounces) dried mixed fruit, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon stick butter or margarine
  • 8 tart baking apples

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 °F
  2. Remove cores from apples, cutting into but not through bottoms. Peel 1-inch around tops. Set aside.
  3. Combine Equal®, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg in medium saucepan. Stir in cider and dried fruit. Heat to boiling.
  4. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes or until fruit is tender and cider mixture is reduced to about 1 cup. Stir in butter until melted.
  5. Place apples in greased baking pan. Fill centers with fruit and spoon remaining cider mixture over apples.
  6. Bake, uncovered, in oven for about 45 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork.

Food Exchanges: Food Exchanges: 2 1/2 Fruit, 1/2 Fat.

Nutritional Info (per serving):
Makes 8 Servings
Calories:    176
Protein:    1g
Carbohydrate:    42g
Fat:    2g
Cholesterol:    0mg
Sodium:    22mg

Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.

About the Author: ADW

ADW Diabetes is a diabetic supply mail order company that is dedicated to keeping diabetes management affordable. ADW takes a leading role in offering free diabetic education through Destination Diabetes, an informational component of the ADW website featuring tips and advice from diabetes and nutrition experts, diabetic recipes and more.

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