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Baked Alaska Peanut Smores
Contributed by a Helen. Thanks for sending this in!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 1/3 pound)
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 pints premium chocolate ice cream, softened slightly
- 1/2 cup salted roasted peanuts, chopped
- 2 large egg whites
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a bowl stir together crumbs, butter, and 2 tablespoons sugar and reserve about one-fourth mixture.
- Press remaining mixture onto bottom of flameproof 8-inch-square baking pan.
- Bake crust 12 minutes, or until golden, and cool in pan on a rack.
- In a bowl stir together ice cream and peanuts and spread on crust.
- Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly on top, pressing lightly.
- Freeze ice-cream mixture, covered with foil, overnight.
- Preheat broiler.
- In metal bowl combine egg whites and remaining 1/3 cup sugar and set over a pan of simmering water. Stir mixture just until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove bowl from heat and with an electric mixer beat meringue until it holds stiff glossy peaks.
- Spread meringue over ice cream and broil under preheated broiler about 4 inches from heat until golden, about 30 seconds.
- Freeze dessert, uncovered, 30 minutes to harden meringue and if desired freeze, covered, overnight.
- Cut dessert into 4 squares and halve each square diagonally into triangles.
Serves 8.
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