Dessert: Butter-Rum Baked Apples

Try these baked apples topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Lemon, Apples

Health and fertility benefits of Butter-Rum Baked Apples

Lemons can help to prevent oxidative damage to the body, which women with PCOS are often susceptible to. Apples will improve your body's sensitivity to insulin (Reference: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.full)

Ingredients

4 Golden Delicious apples with stems
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup dark rum
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 (2- by 1/2-inch) strips fresh lemon zest
4 whole cloves

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 °F.
Cut off top third of each apple and reserve. Scoop out seeds and some of flesh from apples using a melon-ball cutter or round teaspoon measure to form a cavity (do not puncture bottoms). Stand apples in a buttered baking dish just large enough to hold them.
Heat remaining ingredients in a small saucepan over moderate heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Pour some of syrup into cavity of each apple and remainder into baking dish. Return apple tops to apples and cover dish loosely with foil.
Bake in middle of oven until apples are tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

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