Maple-Cranberry Baked Apples

• 2 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 medium Rome apples, cored
• 3/4 cup dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup shaved white chocolate

1. Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
2. Combine first 8 ingredients. Stir well; set aside.
3. Peel top half of each apple; place in a shallow roasting pan. Fill centers of apples evenly with cranberries and pecans. Pour cranberry-maple mixture over apples. Bake at 350u0b0 for 1 hour or until tender, basting apples twice with syrup from pan. To serve, drizzle with remaining syrup. Sprinkle with white chocolate.

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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/maple-cranberry-baked-apples (may not work)