Apple Whiskey Barrels

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Apple Whiskey Barrels

 

Recipe By : Cooking Light, June 1994, page 100

Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:15

Categories : Desserts

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/4 cup pitted dried cherries

3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar -- divided

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind

1 tablespoon bourbon

2 large unpeeled cooking apples

1/2 cup boiling water

 

Combine cherries, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon rind, and

bourbon in a small bowl; stir well, and set aside.

 

Core apples three-fourths of the way through. (Do not cut through bottom).

Peel top third of each apple. Place in a baking dish. Fill centers of apples

with cherry mixture.

 

Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon brown sugar in bottom of dish. Pour

boiling water into baking dish. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or until

tender, basting apples once with syrup from pan. Yield: 2 servings.

 

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Serving Ideas : To serve, drizzle with remaining syrup.

 

NOTES : If you can't find dried cherries in your area, contact American

Spoon Foods Inc., 1668 Clarion Ave., P.O. Box 566, Petoskey, MI 49770;

800/222-5886.

You can substitute 1/4 cup whole bite-sized pitted prunes for dried

cherries, if desired.

Nutr. Assoc. : 2545 0 0 0 0 30 0