| Fast Prep

apple-cherry cake

prep: 20 minutes | slow cook: 2¼ to 2¾ hours (low) | MAKES: 12 servings

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 egg
• 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. apple pie spice
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 cup chopped apple
• ½ cup chopped walnuts, toasted (tip)
• ½ cup dried tart red cherries

1. Lightly coat a 3½- or 4-qt. slow cooker with cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl whisk together the next five ingredients (through vanilla) until combined. Stir in the next five ingredients (through salt) until smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon batter into cooker.

2. Cover and cook on low 2¼ to 2¾ hours or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in cake registers between 190°F and 200°F and center appears nearly set, rotating crockery liner once halfway through cooking. Remove crockery liner from cooker. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cake and remove from cooker. Cool completely.

PER SERVING: 212 cal., 7 g fat (3 g sat. fat), 25 mg chol., 251 mg sodium, 33 g carb., 1 g fiber, 17 g sugars, 5 g pro.