Title
              Baked stuffed apples
These simple baked apples are delicious as-is. Is serving them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream gilding the lily? You decide.
Serving Size
              1 apple
          Servings
              4
          Prep Time
              15 minutes 
          Cook Time
              1 hour 25 minutes
          Ingredients
          1/4 cup
      
            chopped walnuts
      
      1/2 cup
      
            rolled oats
      
      4 small,
      
            firm apples, such as Crispin or Empire
      
      1/4 cup
      
            dried cranberries
      
      1/4 cup
      
            almond meal
      
      1/3 cup
      
            brown sugar
      
      1/4 tsp
      
            salt
      
      1/2 tsp
      
            cinnamon
      
      1/4tsp
      
            nutmeg
      
       2 Tbsp
      
            butter, melted and slightly cooled
      
      1 egg,
      
            lightly beaten 
      
      Directions
              - Heat oven to 350F. Line an 8"x8" baking dish with parchment paper. Scatter walnuts and oats in dish and toast in oven until lightly browned and fragrant, around 8 minutes. Remove from baking dish, with parchment paper, and set aside to cool.
 - Rinse and core apples using a melon baller, taking care not to cut them all the way through to the bottom. Set aside.
 - In a medium bowl, mix walnuts, oats, cranberries, almond meal, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter. Stir to combine thoroughly. Add egg to mixture and stir thoroughly to combine. Use a small spoon to divide the mixture among the four apples, allowing the filling to overflow a little. Place apples in the baking dish and pour water into dish, taking care not to splash top of apples, until water is around 1/2-inch deep. Bake 30 minutes, then replenish water in bottom of pan. Bake until apples feel tender when pierced with fork, about another 30 minutes (1 hour baking time total).
 
Recipe Nutrition
          Calories
      
            353
      
      Fat
      
            17
      
      Protein
      
            7
      
      Carbs
      
            48
      
      Sodium
      
            213