Baked Apples à la Mode

Cost per serving: $2.20

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

• 4  Granny Smith apples
• 1/4  cup  chopped walnuts
• 1/4  cup  packed light
• brown sugar
• 1  tablespoon  unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1  pint vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Use a vegetable peeler to peel away top third of skin on each apple. Use a sharp paring knife or melon baller to remove core of each apple, leaving bottom end intact. Scrape away any remaining bits of core and seeds.

Combine walnuts, sugar and butter in a small bowl and mash with a fork until mixture comes together in coarse crumbs. Tightly pack apples with mixture.

Arrange apples in a microwave-safe baking dish so they're not touching each other. Drape with plastic wrap and microwave until apples are soft when pierced with a skewer, 5 to 7 minutes (depending on power of your microwave). Carefully remove plastic (there will be steam) and let stand to cool for 10 minutes.

Place each apple in a dessert bowl along with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle juices from baking dish over apples, if desired. Serve immediately.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

433

Fat:

21g (sat 7g)

Protein:

5g

Carbohydrate:

63g

Fiber:

7g

Cholesterol:

37mg

Sodium:

59mg