Cheddar Stuffed Apples
Category
Dessert
Servings
Ingredients
- 4 large Cortland, Rome, Granny Smith or other baking apples
3-4 ounces Cabot Sharp Cheddar, broken into crumbles
- About ½ cup maple syrup
Directions
- PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
- CORE apples, leaving bottom intact (melon baller works well). Remove peel from top quarter of apples.
- FILL cores with cheese, pressing in gently and filling right to top. Place apples in baking dish. Drizzle some of maple syrup over cheese and peeled section of apples.
- BAKE for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle with more maple syrup.
- Return to oven and bake for 8 to 20 minutes longer or just until tender when pierced with skewer, being careful not to overcook (time will vary with size and variety of apple).
- REMOVE from oven and drizzle with more maple syrup. Serve hot or let cool and refrigerate to serve cold or reheat later.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1 apple
- per serving
- Calories
- 304
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Fat
- 7.5 grams
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 grams
- 20%
- Sodium
- 143 milligrams
- 6%
- Carbs
- 58 grams
- 19%
- Fiber
- 5.5 grams
- 22%
- Protein
- 6 grams
- Calcium
- 192 milligrams
- 19%
