Sweet Baked Apples With Dates & Apricots

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 large firm apples, preferred varieties are honeycrisp, crispin (mutsu)
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted honey dates
• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricot
• 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 3/4 cup sweet wine such as riesling wine
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 slice off top 1/4 inch of apples.
• 2 using melon baller, remove core, seeds and enough flesh fo form hollow area for stuffing, leaving bottom intact.
• 3 pulse dates and apricots in food processor until fruits are chopped and clumping but not a paste.
• 4 transfer to bowl.
• 5 stir in proegranate molasses, honey, 1/4 cup wine, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
• 6 stuff mixture evenly into apples.
• 7 place apples in baking dish. pour remaining 1/2 cup wine around them.
• 8 bake in preheated 350f oven until desired softness, about 45 to 60 minutes, occasionally spooning wine and juices over fruit.
• 9 let stand at least 10 minutes before serving (they will wrinkle).
• 10 serve warm, drizzled with remaining pan juices.