Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  water
     2/3           cup  maple syrup
  1 1/2      teaspoons  cornstarch
  1         tablespoon  butter
  1                cup  all-purpose flour
  2        tablespoons  sugar
  1 1/2      teaspoons  baking powder
  3        tablespoons  butter
  1 1/2           cups  apple -- peeled and chopped
     1/3           cup  milk
     1/2      teaspoon  vanilla
  2          teaspoons  sugar
     1/4      teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  1           teaspoon  butter

Preparation:

In a small saucepan, combine the water, maple syrup and cornstarch. Cook and stir till boiling. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Add the 1 tablespoon butter. Pour the mixture into a 2 quart square (8x8x2") baking dish or baking pan. In medium bowl, stir together the flour, the 2 tablespoons sugar and baking powder. Using a pastry blender, cut in the 3 tablespoons butter till mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in apples. Add milk and vanilla, stir just till batter is moistened. Using a tablespoon, drop the apple batter into the warm syrup mixture in the baking dish or baking pan. Combine the 2 teaspoons sugar and the cinnamon. Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the batter. Dot with the 1 teaspoon butter. Bake in a 350F oven for about 40 minutes or till a toothpick inserted into apple mixture comes out clean.

Nutritional Information:

1749 Calories (kcal); 55g Total Fat; (27% calories from fat); 16g Protein; 305g Carbohydrate; 146mg Cholesterol; 1308mg Sodium