Ingredients

4 - baking apples

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 cup dried cherries or raisins

1/4 cup walnuts

1 cup diet black cherry soda

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Using an apple corer or small knife, remove apple cores from stem ends without cutting all the way through the other end. Place apples in a 9" x 9" baking dish.

Sprinkle cinnamon inside and outside of apples. Spoon cherries or raisins and walnuts into apples. Drizzle a little soda into each apple. Pour remaining soda into the baking dish. Bake 20 minutes, or until tender.