Baked Apples with Vanilla Sauce

These were a yummy low point dessert (gotta love Weight Watchers!) Of course, they use Splenda, so if your anti, you can use sugar, (it's not that much anyway) and it's almost as low-cal!

4 apples, cored ( use Granny Smith for tart flavor, or Galas for sweet flavor)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 cup Splenda
1/4 cup water
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/4 oz fat-free, sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix, about 2 Tbsp
3/4 cup fat-free skim milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Core apples and peel a half inch horizontal strip around apples to help release juices during baking. Place in a 9x9 baking dish.

Combine cinnamon, ginger and splenda in a small bowl. Place 1 tablespoon of cinnamon mixture in cored-out center of each apple; sprinkle remaining cinnamon mixture over apples. Combine water and lemon juice in a cup. Pour liquid around apples.

Bake until apples are soft when pierced with a knife, about 15-20 minutes; remove fro oven and let cool.

Pour pudding mix into a medium bowl and whisk in milk to make a thin sauce. Place one apple on a plate and drizzle with sauce immediately. (the sauce will thicken if you let it sit, I found out the hard way!) Yields 1 apple adn about 1/4 cup sauce per serving.