{"id":3664,"date":"2012-01-20T18:18:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2012-01-21T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T21:17:21","slug":"baking-with-kids-apple-hedgehogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/baking-with-kids-apple-hedgehogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Baking With Kids – Apple Hedgehogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apparently stuffing an apple with raisins or something else like it is a popular treat for kids – kids of a different generation obviously! Not my generation either because I had never heard of it before but when I mentioned it to a handful of people they tell me their grandmothers used to make similar treats for them. As usual, Linda Collister takes the idea one step further and slathers the outside of the apple in meringue and uses almond slivers to give it a hedgehog feeling! So so so cute and the kids had a great time making them. I confess we made these forever ago, if these were recent photos there’d be three of them because Wee One #3 is way more active in the kitchen than she used to be.<\/p>\n

These were made on March 27\/11 and were the 9th recipe we made from this book!<\/p>\n

Apple Hedgehogs<\/b> – from Baking With Kids<\/a>\"\" (p. 108)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n4 small to medium very tart apples
\n8 ready-to-eat dried apricots
\n3 egg whites
\n3\/4 cup superfine sugar
\n4tbsp sliced or slivered almonds\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n		\n
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First, preheat to 350F and peel your apples.<\/td>\nGather your almond slivers and raisins!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Remove the core of the apple, either use a proper apple corer or butcher it until it pops out like this!<\/td>\nNext make the meringue by beating the egg whites on high till they’re stiff and add in the sugar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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While Wee One #1 made focused on the meringue, Wee One #2 set to work on filling the apples with the raisins.<\/td>\nThe meringue is maybe not as stiff as if I had made it, but I think it looks perfect by the hands of an 11 year old.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Now the stuffed apples are covered with the meringue….<\/td>\n….and the almond slivers are poked into the meringue!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nThey both took the placement of their almonds very seriously. It was quite a sight really.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nNaturally, the higher up your hedgehog’s quills point the more likely they are to get a little, ahem, ‘crispy’.\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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