Baked Apples with Meringue

[Kitchen Witch]

Baked Apples with Meringue


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,