“Oh seriously yummy.” ~Dr C.

Choose firm apples with sweet-tart flavor, such as Pink Lady or Honeycrisp; in our tests, Fuji and Granny Smith fell apart.

Ingredients

• 2 large firm apples, peeled, cored, and halved vertically
• Cooking spray
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
• 2½ tablespoons butter, melted and divided
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
• 2 tablespoons old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1½ cups low-fat vanilla ice cream

Directions

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Starting at the outermost edges, cut most (but not all) of the way through each apple half at 1/8-inch intervals.
• Place apple halves, cut sides down, in an 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Combine 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, and ½ teaspoon cinnamon; brush mixture evenly over apple.
• Cover pan with foil; bake at 400° for 10 minutes. Remove foil. Bake at 400° for5- 10 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Remove pan from oven; cool 10 minutes.
• Combine remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, remaining 1½ tablespoons butter, remaining ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, oats, flour, and salt.
• Carefully fan open apple halves.
• Spoon oat mixture evenly over apples.
• Bake at 400° for 10 minutes.
• Turn broiler to high (leave pan in oven); broil 2 minutes.
• Serve with ice cream.