Baked Apples

I’ve been obsessively craving baked apples, probably because it is cold and I haven’t had it in a long time. This is a great dessert if you are dieting, since it is almost like an apple pie. ALMOST. I also decided to make this in the toaster oven. I cored two Rome apples (large apples usually used for baking and available at most fruit stores), added about a half a teaspoon of cinnamon and brown sugar and baked at 375 degrees for about an hour. Every 20 minutes or so I poured some Sprite in the middle of the apple, but I think that seltzer may be better. Some recipes suggest using butter, which I didn’t. I did place a drop of margarine on the bottom of the apples so it wouldn’t stick. This smells very good while it is baking but didn’t taste as good as I remember from my childhood. (Mom, if you read this please let me know if I missed something.)

Another recipe suggested serving this with vanilla ice cream, which sounds really good but not very diet friendly. I do think it would also be good with fat-free frozen yogurt or fat-free ice cream.