Golden Apple Meringues

Apple halves, poached in apple juice, are filled with orange marmalade and topped with fluffy meringue laced with toasted chopped almonds.

Recipe Ingredients:

2 (about 3/4 pound) Golden Delicious or Rome Beauty apples, cored and halved
2 cups apple juice or water
1/2 cup orange marmalade
2 large egg whites
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons chopped, toasted almonds

Cooking Directions:

1. Poach apples in apple juice about 5 to 7 minutes or until barely tender; drain.
2. Spoon 2 tablespoons marmalade into center of each apple half.
3. Beat egg white to soft peaks. Add sugar gradually; beat until stiff. Fold in almonds.
4. Cover tops of apple halves to edges with meringue.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (175°F) for 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe courtesy of Washington Apple Commission.