Bird's Nest Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 apples, peeled and cored (use a good baking apple like jonathan, cameo, cortland, or golden delicious)
• 6 tablespoons butter (more to taste)
• 6 teaspoons sugar (more to taste)
• raisins or nuts (optional) or jelly (optional)
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 grease a spring-form pan and preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 arrange apples in prepared pan and fill centers with bits of butter and about a teaspoon of sugar for each apple; add nuts, raisins, or jelly if desired.
• 3 beat egg whites stiff, set to the side.
• 4 beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored; add sugar and beat well.
• 5 sift flour and add to batter alternatively with water.
• 6 fold egg whites into batter; add salt and vanilla.
• 7 pour over apples and bake for an hour or until golden and apples are tender.