William Woys Weaver

Snow Balls

1787

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    5

    Servings.
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets
The Christmas Cook

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

  • About

This recipe appears in old cookbooks sometimes under cakes, sometimes under dumplings. It is a festive little dish that looks very handsome on old Canton china.

Ingredients

  • 5 tart cooking apples
  • 5 tablespoons quince or orange marmalade
  • 1 batch

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Pare and core the apples, but do not remove the blossom ends. Shave the bottoms so that the apples stand level. Put 1 tablespoon of marmalade in each appl