Recipe - Savory Baked Apples With Orange Almond Cream

6 lg Cooking apples
1/3 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoon Melted butter
3 sl Bacon, cooked and crumbled
One half cup Chopped dates
1 pack (3oz) cream cheese,
Softened
1 tablespoon Powdered sugar
1 tablespoon Orange juice
1 tablespoon Chopped toasted almonds

Preheat oven to 375F.

Core apples, leaving bottom intact. Bore opening slightly with a knife. Cut
a wavy line horizontally with peeler; peel upper portion of apple.

Combine brown sugar, butter, bacon and dates; put into apples.

Bake apples, covered, in a 13 X 9 X 2" pan 30 minutes or until apples are
tender. Combine remaining ingredients; serve with apples.

Source: Southern Living Home for the Holidays

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Posted to MMRecipes Digest by q591b4@ilos.net on Apr 10, 1998