Description
This treat is an oh-so-satisfying way to end the day - with some last-minute nutrition to boot.

Ingredients

• 1 large baking apple, halved vertically and cored
  
• 2 teaspoons low-fat cream cheese
  
• 1 small USA pear, any variety, cored and diced very small
  
• 1/2 teaspoon light brown sugar
  
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  
• 2 tablespoons chopped almonds
  
• 3 tablespoons water or apple juice

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°F. Use spoon or small ice cream scoop to scoop out some apple flesh from each half, leaving room for filling. (You can just eat the apple flesh; no need to reserve.) Dab cream cheese in the cavity of each half. Toss pear with brown sugar and cinnamon; fill each apple half with diced pear, reserving extra for another use. Sprinkle pear filling with almonds, pressing down to make them adhere. Place apple halves in baking dish and add water or apple juice. Cover and bake 30 minutes, then baste with juices and bake uncovered 10 minutes or until almonds are roasted.

Nutrition
Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 205 calories, 3.9g protein, 30.6g carbohydrates, 6.4g dietary fiber, 8.7g fat, 1.2g saturated fat, 4g monounsaturated fat, 3mg cholesterol, 20mg sodium, 36% calories from fat

Serves
Serves 2.

Variations
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