Posted by Chrissie on 11-04-2000 11:31 PM:

Recipe from the Oct 24 Woman's World

Cherry Baked Apple

1/2 cup dried cherries
2 Tbs. chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, divided
4 medium apples, such as Granny Smith, about 2 lbs, cored
3/4 cup diet cherry soda
2 tsp. butter (actually called for lite margarine, I don't use margarine)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In small bowl combine cherries, walnuts and 1/4 ts[ cinnamon. Place apples in baking dish. Fill center of apples with cherry-walnut mixture. Pour cherry soda over apples. Dot each apple with 1 tsp butter. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cinnamon. Bake until apples are tender, about 45 m inutes. Serve with sauce from bottom of baking dish.

Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 164 cals; 2 g protein; 4 g fat; 0 g chol; 34 g carb; 27 mg sodium; 5 g fiber; 19 g sugar.