Baked Apples With Cheese Topping (neufchatel)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 small apples, cored, about 4 oz. each
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 2 ounces neufchatel cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 -4 teaspoons skim milk
• ground cinnamon or ground nutmeg, to taste

Recipe

• 1 place apples in a microvave safe dish if cooking in the microwave or in an oven safe pie plate, 9 inches, if baking in the oven.
• 2 cut off stip of peel at top of each apple and fill them with raisins.
• 3 add water to the pie plate or dish.
• 4 for oven baking, place in 350 degree f. oven for 40 minutes or until tender. cool slightly.
• 5 for microwave baking, cover plate with vented clear plastic wrap and cook on full power for 3-7 minutes or until tender; rearranging once.
• 6 meanwhile, for topping, stir together cheese and vanilla and stir in enough milk to make a desired consistency.
• 7 to serve, add a dollop to each apple and sprinkle with cinnamon or nutmeg if desired.