This recipe keeps all your favorite ingredients but is wrapped in fat-free phyllo dough instead of the high-fat pastry of the traditional recipe.
Prep Time: :
Cook Time: :40
Ingredients:
- 4 large golden apples with stems
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons lightly toasted chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed (keep covered to prevent drying out)
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a baking or cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
- Peel the apples without removing stems.
- Cut a thin slice from the bottom of each apple so they will stand up without falling over.
- Using a melon-baller, core apples three-fourths of the way through from the bottom (never from the top).
- Holding apples upside down, fill each apple cavity with a bit butter, pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Place 2 phyllo sheets on a large cutting board, and lightly spray the sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
- Place 1 apple upside down in the center of the phyllo, pushing the apple stem through the dough.
- Wrap the dough around the apple and gather edges around the bottom of the apple.
- Place prepared apple on prepared baking or cookie sheet, and then spray the dough with nonstick cooking spray.
- Repeat steps 7 through 10 with the rest of the apples.
- Bake the apples for 30-40 minutes, until the dough is golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Before serving, drizzle maple syrup over each apple.
