S’Mores Baked Alaska by Judy Gell, Red Oak, TX
Posted by Team Malt-O-Meal on January 9th 2009 in Desserts, Recipes, State Fair Recipes 2008
Ingredients:
- 2 cups crushed Malt-O-Meal Honey Graham Squares cereal
- 6 tbsp melted butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/3 cup chocolate fudge ice cream topping
- 1½ quarts vanilla ice cream
- 3 egg whites
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°
Crust:
- Stir honey into melted butter and combine in bowl with crushed cereal.
- Press into 9 inch glass pie plate. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes, until edges begin to brown.
- Remove crust from oven and increase oven temperature to 425°
- Cool crust completely & spread bottom of crust evenly with fudge topping.
- Freeze for 5-10 minutes.
- Remove from freezer and gently spoon ice cream into the crust, pressing to sides and smoothing the top.
- Place in freezer while preparing meringue.
Meringue:
- Beat egg whites until stiff.
- Gradually add sugar, beating constantly until stiff peaks form.
- Blend in vanilla & fold in chocolate chips.
- Remove pie from freezer and spoon meringue over ice cream, sealing to edge of crust and mounding slightly in center.
- Immediately place in preheated 425° oven and bake until meringue browns slightly, about 4-5 minutes. Remove and serve immediately or cover and freeze.
