Apples, Apples and more Apples
"All human history attests
That happiness for man - the hungry sinner! -
Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner."
-Lord Byron, Don Juan
Apple Sauce
Ingredients
6-8 Apples
3/4 cup water
1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar (or to taste)
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg (optional)
Instructions for chunky applesauce
- Wash, peel, core and cut into chunks. Combine with water and
cook over medium low heat until fruit is desired consistency.
- Stir frequently and watch carefully as applesauce may tend to scorch.
- Add the sugar and spices.
Instructions for smooth applesauce:
- Wash and cut apples into slices.
- Combine with water and cook until very soft,stir frequently to avoid scorching.
- Put sauce through a food mill or strainer to remove peels, seeds and core.
- Add sugar and spices.
Serving suggestions:
Serve warm or cold with s prinkle of cinammon and some arrowroot or other
tea biscuits.
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Apple Butter
Ingredients
8 cups of apples, peeled and seeded
1 cup of fresh cider
1/3 cup brown sugar
Instructions:
- Cook the apples in cider over medium heat until soft.
Process to sauce-- texture in food
processor
- Place the raw sauce in a large dutch oven or casserole.
- Add sugar and a spice bag of made cheesecloth containing 3 whole cinnamon sticks, 3 cloves and 1 allspice.
- Bake at 300 degrees for one hour. Check for flavor and texture. The sauce should be thick and rich.
- Drop a spoonful onto a dish; if a puddle of juice forms around it in
the next few seconds the sauce is not done yet.
- Place in sterile jars and process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
Serving Suggestions & Notes:
You can use ground spices instead of the whole spices, but the flavour
will not be as obvious.
Caution: If the sauce is cooked too long it grows
runny again and over spicy.
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Apple crisp with Streusel topping
Ingredients
5- 6 cups apple slices
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/3 cup solid shortening (e.g. Crisco)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350L
- Fill a greased baking dish (approximately 6x10inches) with the apple slices.
- Mix together the sugar,flour, baking powder, salt and egg until crumbly.
- Sprinkle over apples.
- Melt the shortening, cool slightly and pour over apple-flour mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake 30-40 minutes
Serving suggestions and notes:
Serve with hagen daz Honey Vanilla ice cream for a real treat.
You can also add raisins, dried sour cherries or dried blueberries to the
apple slices for variety.
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Apple crisp with rolled oat topping
Ingredients
Filling
4 cups peeled, sliced apples
1/4 - 1/3 c sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Topping
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar,
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350L
- Mix together apples, sugar and cinnamon and spread evenly in a buttered baking dish
- Mix dry ingredients together, add butter and blend well with a fork
- Spread on top of apples; press down lightly. Bake until topping is brown and apples are tender when tested with a
fork, approximately 30-40 minutes
Serving suggestions and notes:
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Apple Cherry Crisp
Ingredients
6-8 apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
1 cup dried sour cherries
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/3 cup apple butter
Instructions:
- Soak cherries in hot water for 20 minutes or until plumped.
- Mix apples, cherries and 1/2 cup sugar in an ungresed casserole dish
- Mix together remaining ingredients and sprinkle on top.
- Bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Apple Crunch
Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup apple juice
pinch salt
2/3 cup of granola or nine-grain cereal
1 large McIntosh apple, diced (peeled or unpeeled)
Instructions:
- Bring to a boil water, apple juice and a pinch of salt.
- After about a minute of cooking, stir in apple and cook about five minutes
- Remove from heat, and top with cinnamon-sugar to taste
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Apple Pie
Ingredients
6 medium apples, cored and sliced
1 cup raisins
1/4 granulated sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 unbaked prepared pir crust
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Glaze:
1 large egg
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
General Info:
Prehat oven to 425 degrees
Instructions:
- In a large bowl combine, brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add apples to sugar mixture and stir until coated. Stir in raisins & spoon into prepared
pie shell.
- Place pie crust ontop of filling, and crimp edges against pan. Cut a couple of steam
vents in the piecrust.
- Combine beaten egg, and sugar and brush lightly over the top of the
pie crust.
- Bake approximately 35-40 minutes or until pie is golden brown.
Remove and let cool 30 minutes before serving.
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Instructions for smooth applesauce:
- Wash and cut apples into slices.
- Combine with water and cook until very soft,stir frequently to avoid scorching.
- Put sauce through a food mill or strainer to remove peels, seeds and core.
- Add sugar and spices.
Serving suggestions:
Serve warm or cold with sprinkle of cinammon and some arrowroot or other
tea biscuits.
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