Baked Apple With Pear & Almond Filling

Healthy recipe from Jillian Michaels.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 1  large apple
• 2  teaspoons reduced-fat cream cheese
• 1  small pear
• 1⁄2 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 2  tablespoons  almonds, chopped
• 3  tablespoons water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Slice apple in half. Use a spoon or small ice cream scoop to scoop out some apple flesh from each half, leaving some room for filling. (You can just eat the apple flesh; no need to reserve.) Dab cream cheese in the cavity of each half.
2. Dice pear. 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 a baking dish and add water or apple juice. Cover and bake for 30 minutes, then baste with juices and bake uncovered for 10 minutes or until almonds are roasted.