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We also enjoyed our time
in the kitchen making yummy food out of apples. Here are
a few things we made:
Apple Pancakes
Whip up your favorite pancake
recipe and add finely chopped apples.
My husband likes to cook fry them
in oil so the ends get crispy. Fattening I know, but oh
so good!!
Apple Syrup
2 cups finely chopped apples,
peeled and cored
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 T. butter
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1.Combine apples, brown sugar,
butter and cinnamon in a saucepan.
2.Bring to a Boil. Reduce heat;
simmer, uncovered 5-7 minutes or until syrup is desired
consistency.
3.Remove from the heat and stir in
vanilla.
Apple Pie
Pastry for 9-inch Two-crust Pie
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of salt
6 cups thinly sliced pared tart
apples
2 tablespoon butter
1.Heat oven to 425°.
2.Prepare pastry.
3.Stir together sugar, flour,
nutmeg, cinnamon and salt; mix with apples.
4.Turn into pastry-lined pie pan;
dot with butter.
5.Cover with top crust which has
slits cut in it; seal and flute.
6.Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch
strip of aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning;
remove foil last 15 minutes of baking.
7.Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until
crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits
in crust.
Apple Betty
4-5 Apples
3/4 Cup Flour
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Melted Butter
1.Peel and cut up apples.
2.Put pieces in pie pan.
3.Put salt, flour, sugar,
cinnamon, nutmeg in bowl.
4.Melt butter in saucepan and
pour in Bowl.
5.Mix with fork. Spoon
mixture over apples in pan, covering completely.
6.Bake at 375 for 35 minutes
or until apples are soft.
7.Serve in small dessert cups
with whipped cream on top.
Baked Apples
4 Apples
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 Tbs.sugar
¼ Cup raisins
2 Tbs. toasted walnuts
½ Cup apple juice
1.Preheat oven to 375
2.Wash apples and core them
leaving the bottom still attached.
3.Add ¼ cup apple juice to the
bottom of a lipped baking pan.
4.In a small bowl mix together
nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar, raisins, walnuts and remaining
¼ cup apple juice.
5.Fill the middle of each apple
with mixture and place in a baking pan.
6.Cover with foil and bake for 25-
30 minutes, until apples are soft.
**When serving apples, spoon
baking juices over them.
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