Baked Apples with Meringue
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Ingredients:
1
tablespoon stick margarine or butter
2
cups chopped McIntosh or other cooking apple (about
2
apples)
1
tablespoon dried currants or raisins
1
tablespoon dark rum
1
teaspoon brown sugar
4
McIntosh or other cooking apples
1/2
cup maple syrup
1/2
cup apple cider
2
large egg whites
1/4
cup granulated sugar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt margarine in a large
skillet over medium-high heat; add 2 cups chopped apple, and saute 5 minutes.
Stir in currants, rum, and brown sugar, and cook 1 minute. Set aside.
Core 4 apples, cutting to,
but not through, bottoms.
Enlarge cavity of each apple
by cutting out about 1 inch around inside of core. Peel top half of each
apple. Place apples in an 8-inch square baking dish. Spoon 1/2 cup apple
mixture into center of each apple. Pour maple syrup and cider over apples;
cover dish with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven; uncover
dish.
Beat the egg whites at high
speed of a mixer until foamy.
Add granulated sugar, 1
tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Spoon the mixture
into a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
Pipe the egg white mixture
onto tops of apples. Bake the apples at 350 degrees for an additional 20
minutes or until lightly browned.
Serve baked apples with sauce.
Servings: 4
Nutrition
Facts:
Amount
Per Serving: Calories 302
Fat
3.6 g, Cholesterol 69.2 mg,
Sodium
65 mg,
Courtesy
Of:
http://cookinglight.timeinc.net/cooking
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