[Kitchen Witch]

Almond Stuffed Baked Apples with Caramel Apple Sauce

Filling:
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/4 cup sugar
2 teas. butter, melted
1/4 teas. vanilla
1/8 teas. salt
Dash ground nutmeg
1 lg. egg white

Apples:
4 Braeburn apples, halved
Cooking Spray
1 Tab. sugar
1/4 teas. ground cinnamon
Sauce:
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tab. water
1/2 cup apple cider
1 Tab. brandy
1 Tab. Grand Marnier
1 teas. butter
Dash salt

1. Preheat oven to 350º

2. To prepare filling, place almonds in a food processor; process until finely ground. Combine ground almonds, sugar and next tsp ingredients (through egg white), stirring well to combine.

3. To prepare apples, core, remove seeds, and carefully scoop out 1 Tab. from each apple to form a cup. Cut a thin slice off the rounded side of each apple half to make a flat surface; place apples cut side up on a jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray. Combine 1 Tab. sugar and cinnameon; sprinkle generously over apples. Spoon about 1 Tab. filling in cup of each apple half. Bake at 350º for 40 min. or until apples are golden and tender.

4. To prepare sauce, conmbine 1/2 cup sugar and 3 Tab. water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat (do not stir) until mixture begins to brown; gently tilt pan and swirl to evenly brown ixture. Reduce heat to lowl slowly, add cider, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in remaining ingredients. Serve over apples.

Yield 8 servings (1 stuffed apple half and 1 1/2 Tab. sauce per serving) Weight Watcher Points 3-3.5 per serving