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Apple Dessert Cups
3rd Place in the DCE Recipe Contest

Submitted by:
Jenny Thompson, RD, LD, CDE

Ingredients:

4 apples, peeled and diced
1/3 cup Splenda (sucralose) for baking
1 - ½ tbsp water
1 tsp lemon juice (or fruit fresh)
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp cornstarch
cooking spray
15 wonton wrappers (small)
Garnish:
½ cup fat free cool whip
1.5 cup strawberries to garnish

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, cook apples with Splenda, water and fruit fresh for 5 minutes.
Combine 2 Tbsp water and cornstarch; add to apples and cook until thickened; set aside.
Spray a muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Press wonton wrappers into muffin cups and fill with cooked apples. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes or until wrap is golden brown.
Top with a dollop of whipped topping and sliced strawberries.
Serve immediately.

Servings:
15 servings.

Other Presentation ideas:
Garnish with strawberry and cool whip.

Menu suggestions:
Serve as a dessert.

Apple Dessert Cups - 3rd Place Winner

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 dessert cup
Servings Per Recipe 15

Amount Per Serving

Calories 54

Total Fat* 0.5g

Saturated Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0.7mg

Total Carbohydrate 12.4 g (after subtracting fiber =11.1g)

Dietary Fiber 1.3g

Sugars 4.8g

Protein 1.0g

Sodium 46.3mg

Exchanges per Serving
1 Starch

1 Carbohydrate Choice

* Total fat may be slightly higher than the sum of individual fat totals due to rounding or lack of available information (some food items in the software do not have an indicated breakdown of mono- and polyunsaturated fats).

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