Baked Apple Surprise

Ingredients

• 4 apples
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 mango, peeled and cubed
• 4 Tablespoons butter
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• ¼ cup pecans
• ¼ cup walnuts
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Juice of 1 blood orange (or orange)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Cut off the tops of the apple and core the inside to about ½" from the bottom.
3. Peel the outside of the skin about ¼ of the way down.
4. Place the apples in an 8"x8” baking dish. Drizzle half of lemon juice inside apples to prevent browning.
5. Place mango in a large bowl and add butter, salt, sugar, cranberries, pecans, walnuts, cinnamon and vanilla.
6. Stir mixture until thoroughly combined.
7. Stuff apples evenly with mango mixture.
8. Combine remaining lemon juice and blood orange juice and pour evenly over the apples.
9. Bake for 45 minutes. Baste with liquid inside baking dish about every 20 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Yields 4 Servings

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