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You should make this dessert immediately. Forget what you’ve heard that when you diet you must stay away from booze and desserts and make this. There’s butter, apples, oats, and bourbon and it doesn’t require fat pants. In fact it is pretty guilt free coming in under 200 calories. It’s a dessert to pull out when you have friends over or want to impress someone special. I mean it has bourbon baked right in. Topped with some vanilla ice cream and it’s pretty dreamy. It is also completely appropriate to serve for weekend brunch and you can be sure your guests will leave happy. Don’t like bourbon? You can just use more apple cider or substitute in another alcohol. Dark rum would be delicious.

Weight Watchers Baked Bourbon Apples
Points: 6 weight watchers points plus (4 if you don’t count the apples)
Servings: 4
Serving Size: 1 apple
Nutritional Info: 160.3 calories, 3.2g of fat, 27.5g of carbohydrates, 1.4g of fiber, .7g of protein

Ingredients

• 4 large Honey Crisp apples
• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 cup loosely packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup apple cider
• 1/4 cup bourbon (or more apple cider)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Core all four apples, cutting down to about 3/4 inch from the bottom of the apple.
3. In a bowl mix together the oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Stuff into each apple.
4. Top each apple with a tab of butter (1/4 tbsp). Place in a baking dish.
5. Mix together the apple cider, bourbon, and vanilla. Pour over the apples.
6. Cook for 40-60 minutes, depending on the firmness of the apples, until completely tender. Baste the apples every ten minutes or so with the bourbon cider mixture.