Baked apples with dried cherries & maple cara

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    3/4 c  Dried tart cherries
    1/4 c  Cherry flavored brandy
      4    Gala apples; peel, core,
           - halved

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    1/2 c  Brown sugar; packed
    1/2 c  Pure maple syrup
    1/2 c  Unsalted butter
           vanilla frozen yogurt
 
  Combine cherries and cherry brandy in a small bowl. Let stand until
  cherries plump, about 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 350~. Using melon baller,
  hollow center of each apple half. Arrange apples, cut side up, in glass
  baking dish. Fill centers with cherry mixture, dividing evenly. Combine
  brown sugar, maple syrup, and butter in heavy saucepan. Bring to a simmer,
  stirring until melted. Drizzle sauce over and around apples. Bake apples
  until tender, basting frequently with sauce, about 55 minutes. Arrange
  apples on plates. Place scoop of vanilla yogurt alongside. Drizzle sauce
  over and serve.