Baked Apples with Meringue

Name: Baked Apples with Meringue
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters apple cider; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 1 Tbsp dark rum; 1 Tbsp dried currants or raisins; 2 larges egg whites; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 118 milliliters maple syrup; 1 Tbsp margarine or butter; 473 milliliters chopped McIntosh or other cooking apple (about 2 apples); 4 McIntosh or other cooking apples

Baked Apples with Meringue might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 369 calories. A mixture of mcintosh, maple syrup, rum, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Melt margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add 2 cups chopped apple, and saut 5 minutes. Stir in currants, rum, and brown sugar, and cook 1 minute. Set aside.

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Brown Sugar

Margarine

Currants

Apple

Rum

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Frying Pan

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.

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Apple

Place apples in an 8-inch square baking dish. Spoon 1/2 cup apple mixture into center of each apple.

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Apple

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Baking Pan

Pour maple syrup and cider over apples; cover dish with foil.

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Maple Syrup

Apple

Cider

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Aluminum Foil

Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven; uncover dish.

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Oven

Beat the egg whites at high speed of a mixer until foamy.

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Egg Whites

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Blender

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.

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Granulated Sugar

Egg Whites

Apple

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Pastry Bag

Bake the apples at 350 for an additional 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

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Apple

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Oven

Serve baked apples with sauce.

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Apple

Sauce

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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Egg Whites

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Ziploc Bags