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Hot Fruit Compote

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Ingredients:

  • 1 can each of pear halves, peach halves, pineapple chunks
  • 1/2 cup each of dried apricots, dried prunes, dried cherries or raisins
  • 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Drain canned fruit (save syrup) and cut into bite size pieces. Save syrup and juices and mix them together. Layer canned and dried fruit in a 3-quart casserole or rectangular baking dish, 13x9x2 inches.
  2. Sprinkle brown sugar over the fruit. Pour juice and syrup over fruit until just covered. Sprinkle nutmeg, cinnamon, and nuts if desired, over fruit.
  3. Bake uncovered about 45 minutes or until bubbly. Serve warm or cool.

Yield

10 servings

Author:

Melissa Agent, Dietician

Source:

Ghosh, Kris. Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook. 2002.

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