BAKED APPLES

Ingredients:

• 4 honey crisp apples, cored,
• 1/4 cup Splenda, 
• 1 tablespoon Sucanat,
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ghee if dairy, or shortening if pareve,
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans,

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Peel and core the apples, coring 3/4 of the way down to the bottom of each apple, with enough base to contain a filling.
3. In a small bowl, mix together a brown sweetener filing, with ingredients as follows: Splenda, Sucanat, cinnamon, vanilla extract, ghee if dairy, and pecans.
4. Spoon 2 teaspoons of brown sweetener mixture into the cavity of each apple.
5. Fill a 2-quart baking dish with enough water to cover the bottom. Place the apples in the dish with the apple bottoms in the water.
6. Cover baking dish with a lid, and bake for approximately one hour.

*Yields 4 servings