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Show Glazed Apples and Macaroni r MAKE the most of the abundant abun-dant supply of apples by letting their rich red color and good flavor enhance your meals often in a variety of dishes. Here is a delightful new concoction in which a bed of creamy macaroni and cheese is used to set off crimson crim-son glazed apples stuffed with plump brown raisins. The flavor combination of macaroni, ma-caroni, cheese and apples is new to many folks but it always wins immediate popularity on its first appearance. To bland macaroni goes the credit for blending all the good flavors together into a harmony of good eating. Glazed Apples and Macaroni will be popular with the cook as Well as with the diners, for it is tesy as anything to make. The apples are first stuffed, then baked about 40 minutes. While the apples are baking, cook the macaroni and make the cheese sauce. Now fold the macaroni into in-to the cheese sauce, arrange the mixture in the bottom of a casserole cas-serole and place the partially baked apples on top. Put the casserole cas-serole into the oven to finish baking the apples and thoroughly heat the macaroni and cheese. This will take about 15 minutes giving you time to set the table and attend to last minute details of the meal. CLAZF.D APPLES AND MACARONI Vi cup sugar H cup water 4 medium-sized baking apples cup raisins 2 tablespoons lemon juice 4 ounces elbow macaroni 1 cup medium white sauce 1 cup grated American cheese Combine sugar and water in saucepan and boil about 5 minutes. min-utes. While sirup is boiling, wash and core apples. Remove about 1-inch peel from stem end. Flace in baking dish; fill cavity of apples with raisins and sprinkle with lemon juice. Pour hot sirup over apples and bake in moderate oven (350F.) until almost tender (about 40 minutes), basting frequently fre-quently with sirup in bottom of pan. While apples are baking, prepare macaroni and cheese. Cook macaroni in boiling salted water until tender (about 8 minutes). min-utes). Drain and rinse. Combine - with white sauce and cheese. Pour into greased 1 -quart casserole and arrange partly baked apples on top. Return to oven and bake until apples are tender and cheese thoroughly hot (about 15 minutes longer). Makes 4 servings. |