Sweet Potato-Stuffed Apples
- 5 medium-size cooking apples
- 3 tablespoons slivered almonds, divided
- 1 (16-ounce) can sweet potatoes, drained and mashed
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Core apples, starting at stem end, without cutting through opposite end. Scoop out apple pulp to enlarge opening to 2 inches. Chop pulp, and set aside.
- Place each apple in a 7-inch square of aluminum foil.
- Stir together chopped apple pulp, 2 tablespoons almonds, sweet potato, and next 5 ingredients. Spoon filling evenly into apples; top with remaining 1 tablespoon almonds. Pull foil up around sides of apples, and place apples in an 11- x 7-inch baking dish.
- Bake at 350u0b0 for 45 minutes or until tender.
cooking apples, slivered almonds, sweet potatoes, brown sugar, maple syrup, butter, ground cinnamon, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sweet-potato-stuffed-apples (may not work)