Cinnamon-Nut Baked Apples

Ingredients

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 Tbsp. chopped walnuts
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 medium apples, peeled and cored (use a baking variety)
1 Tbsp. reduced-calorie margarine
2 Tbsp. maple syrup

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Place water in an 8-inch square baking dish.  In a
small bowl, mix together brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon.  Stand cored apples
in baking dish and fill each with 1/4 of brown sugar-nut mixture.  Top each with
3/4 teaspoon of margarine and 1/2 tablespoon of syrup. 

Bake, basting apples with the pan juices, about 40 minutes.  Transfer apples to dessert plates; cut in half and garnish with cinnamon sticks., if desired.

Yields 2 filled halves per serving.