Apple-Carrot Bake

Author: Southern Living magazine
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Ingredients

1 pound carrots, scraped and sliced diagonally
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4 medium cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/4 cup butter or margarine, divided
3/4 cup orange juice


Directions

Combine carrots and 1/2 cup water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain carrots and set aside.

Combine sugar and flour; set aside. Layer half each of carrots and apples in a lightly greased, shallow 2-quart baking dish; sprinkle with half of flour mixture and dot with 2 tablespoons margarine. Repeat procedure. Drizzle with orange juice. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Toss before serving. Makes 8 servings.

Each serving contains 151 calories, 6 g fat, 25 g carbohydrate, 86.5 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol.