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Brown Sugar Baked Apples

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Total time: 1 Hours 5 Minutes

Servings: 4

Baked apples are an autumn favourite, and it's easy to see why. Adding lentils to this already nutrition-packed sweet treat only makes it more irresistible!

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Ingredients

Directions

Nutrition

Ingredients

    1/3 cup (75 mL) cooked split red lentils

    1/4 cup (60 mL) packed brown sugar

    1/4 cup (60 mL) old fashioned rolled oats

    1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cinnamon

    1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground nutmeg

    pinch, salt

    pinch, ground cloves

    4 Granny Smith apples

    4 tsp (20 mL) butter, softened

    1 cup (250 mL) hot water


Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C).
  2. In a medium bowl, combine lentils, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves. Stir well.
  3. Using a paring knife or apple corer, remove the core of each apple to create a well about 3/ 4 inch (2 cm) wide, leaving about 1/ 2 inch (1 cm) on the bottom of each apple intact.
  4. Stuff each apple generously with the lentil and brown sugar mixture.
  5. Arrange apples in an 8x8 inch (20x20 cm) baking dish and top each apple with 1 tsp (5 mL) of butter. Pour the water into the bottom of the dish, lightly cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
  6. Remove the foil and bake for another 20-30 minutes, until the apples are soft and the skins a bit wrinkly.
  7. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Nutritional Information

  • Serving Size: 1 stuffed apple
  • Per serving:
  • Calories 260
  • Total Fat 4.5 g
  • Saturated Fat 2.5 g
  • Cholesterol 10 mg
  • Carbohydrates 55 g
  • Dietary Fibre 7 g
  • Sugar 39 g
  • Protein 3 g
  • Sodium 150 mg
  • Potassium 342 mg
  • Folate 30 mcg