Baked Apples with Meringue |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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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 |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Melt margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add 2 cups chopped apple, and sauté 5 minutes. Stir in currants, rum, and brown sugar, and cook 1 minute. Set aside.
3. 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° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven; uncover dish.
4. 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° for an additional 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Serve baked apples with sauce.
5. Note: A heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag can be used instead of a pastry bag. Spoon egg white mixture into bag; Snip 1 bottom corner of bag for opening.
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