Autumn Fruit Triangles

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2 apples, peeled & cored
2 pears, peeled & cored
3 Tbs. butter
1/2 c. raisins
3 Tbs. rum
1/2 c. apple juice
4 Tbs. brown sugar
1 c. vanilla wafer crumbs
8 sheets phyllo pastry, thawed
2 Tbs. butter, melted

Finely dice apples & pears. Saute fruit in butter for 5 minutes, or until soft. On medium-high power for 1 minute heat raisins in rum. Add raisins & rum to fruit mixture along with apple juice & sugar. Stir & cook over low heat until liquid evaporates some & fruit has softened more, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat & stir in enough vanilla wafer crumbs for mixture to be quiet thick. Cool. Preheat oven to 400. Remove 8 sheets thawed phyllo dough from package. Cut into 4 lenghtwise pieces. Brush top sheet with melted butter. Place 4 large Tbs. of mixtue at the top of each lenghtwise piece. Working with 4 sheets of phyllo pastry at a time, fold phyllo over filling & fold into a triangle, as you would fold a flag. When you reach the end of the lenghwise piece, tuck ends underneat. Brush triangele with butter & place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining three pieces of phyllo, & then repeat two more times with second four sheets of phyllo. Bake 8-10 minutes, or until pastry browns & mixture is heated thru. Serve with vanilla ice cream or vanilla sauce that has been streaked with maple syrup or honey.Serves 6. 479 cal, 22g fat, 32mg chol, 320 mg sod

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