Stuffed Granny Smiths With Maple Sauce

• 3/4 cup dried sweet cherries
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
• 8 Granny Smith apples (about 3 pounds)
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine, melted

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl.
3. Core apples three-fourths of the way through. (Do not cut through bottom.) Peel top half of each apple. Fill apples with cherry mixture. Place apples in a 12-inch cast-iron or heavy ovenproof skillet. Add the juice to skillet. Combine maple syrup and butter; pour over apples. Cover; bake at 350u0b0 for 40 minutes. Uncover; baste apples with juices from pan. Bake, uncovered, an additional 25 minutes or until tender. Serve with sauce.
4. Note: Apples can also be baked in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.

sweet cherries, brown sugar, walnuts, pumpkinpie spice, apples, apple juice, maple syrup, butter

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-granny-smiths-with-maple-sauce (may not work)