Your best apple recipes?

[binny]

My mum went apple picking yesterday and brought over... oh I dont know... about 15 pounds of apples.


I need some recipes, quick!

They are all golden delicious and galas (I think)

Any ideas?






I was bummed there werent any granny smiths I would have made snicker salad.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I will be watching this thread..I absolutely LOVE Apple Crisp..But when I make it, it can be wonderful one time, and a big mess another..I like the kind with oatmeal in the topping..anyone have a recipe for that?

Lucky you, binny..15 pounds of apples will make a lot of apple pies...

 

[ajk912]

I was thinking apple crisp, too. Now you have me craving it. I don't have a recipe, but I like one without a ton of ingredients and without a ton of work! 10 minutes of prep is about all I can take, for ANY recipe!

 

[Michelle67]

I core and chop them and make home made applesauce. I don't peel them first. I just chop coarsely, then cook them. You can do it on the stove, in the crock pot...the other night I did them in my rice cooker. Just a small amount of water in the bottom to keep them from sticking, and you may have to add more. When they start to break down I add a little cinnamon and a couple spoons full of sugar. I like to serve it hot with dinner, or of course the kids will eat it cold later too. I'm going to be canning a bunch myself as soon as I get the energy; my mother brought me several bags full on Sunday.

My mother also heard a recipe the other day that said to substitiute sliced green TOMATOES for some of your apples in an apple pie. She said the flavor and texture were really nice.

I also have an Irish applesauce (uses chopped apple too) cake recipe, if you are interested. It is very dense, like a brownie. If you'd like it let me know and I'll pull it out and post it for you. You can freeze it after baking if you like, it handles that pretty well. My mom does them in the small loaf pans and freezes them to give in Christmas baskets or pull out when people turn up for a visit, etc.

 

[JessicaR]

I have been making this one for years. Its a wonderful Sunday breakfast. It's very easy too.

Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Cinnamon-Apple-Coffee-Cake/Print

PREP 10 min.
COOK 50 min.
TOTAL 60 min.

INGREDIENTS
1 package (9 ounces) yellow cake mix

1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup butter, melted

2 medium tart apples, peeled and shredded

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and butter on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.
Pour half into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Top with apples. Combine the sugar, nuts and cinnamon; sprinkle half over the apples. Top with remaining batter and sugar mixture.
Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 9 servings.

 

[brasswillow]

I love these apple cupcakes from Martha Stewart: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe...a0aRCRD&rsc=collage_food_best-cupcake-recipes I topped them with cream cheese frosting, yum!

 

[dvcfamily41801]

I have been making this one for years. Its a wonderful Sunday breakfast. It's very easy too.

Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Cinnamon-Apple-Coffee-Cake/Print

PREP 10 min.
COOK 50 min.
TOTAL 60 min.

INGREDIENTS
1 package (9 ounces) yellow cake mix

1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix

2 eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup butter, melted

2 medium tart apples, peeled and shredded

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon


DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream and butter on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.
Pour half into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Top with apples. Combine the sugar, nuts and cinnamon; sprinkle half over the apples. Top with remaining batter and sugar mixture.
Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 9 servings.

That looks AWESOME!!!

 

[Briarprincess]

I make this AT LEAST every other week. So easy, and yummy!

4 medium apples (tart are better, but Gala are good too!)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flower
1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup margarine or butter at room temp.
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Heat oven to 375deg. Grease bottom and sides of 8" square or 9" round pan. Peel apples if desired. Cute the apple into fourths, and remove seeds. Cut each fourth into slices. You need about 4 cups of apple slices. Spread the slices in the pan.
Mix the brown sugar, flour, oats, margarine, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a fork. The mixture will be crumbly. Sprinkle/spread this mixture evenly over the apples.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the topping is a nice golden brown and the apples are tender when you pierce them with a fork.
Serve warm! With ice cream!

I also do this but substitute the apples for 4 cups of blueberries!

 

[JessicaR]

One more. From All Recipes - I have made this pie about 5-6 times and it is delicious. Its helpful in your plight to get rid of some apples since its uses at least 8 at a time. I add cinnamon about 1 tablespoon.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Grandma-Oples-Apple-Pie/Detail.aspx

Grandma Ople's Apple Pie

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup water
8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced


DIRECTIONS
Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add white sugar, brown sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce temperature, and simmer 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I make this AT LEAST every other week. So easy, and yummy!

4 medium apples (tart are better, but Gala are good too!)
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flower
1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup margarine or butter at room temp.
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Heat oven to 375deg. Grease bottom and sides of 8" square or 9" round pan. Peel apples if desired. Cute the apple into fourths, and remove seeds. Cut each fourth into slices. You need about 4 cups of apple slices. Spread the slices in the pan.
Mix the brown sugar, flour, oats, margarine, cinnamon, and nutmeg with a fork. The mixture will be crumbly. Sprinkle/spread this mixture evenly over the apples.
Bake for 30 minutes or until the topping is a nice golden brown and the apples are tender when you pierce them with a fork.
Serve warm! With ice cream!

I also do this but substitute the apples for 4 cups of blueberries!

Cut, pasted, and put into Word to print.... Thanks for this, it sounds delicious!

 

[Briarprincess]

Cut, pasted, and put into Word to print.... Thanks for this, it sounds delicious!

It's so delicious! My family is so excited when they come home and see the bag of apples on the counter! What's great is that I can do all the prep while dinner is cooking and pop it in the oven right before we eat. It's done cooking and cooled just enough to handle when we finish!

 

[Lintasare]

Apple Fritters
Ingredients
1 Beaten Egg
1 Cup Milk
1 Cup Finely Chopped or Grated Unpeeled Cored "Champagne Apples"
1/4 Cup Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Grated Orange Peel
3 Tbs. Orange Juice
1/2 Tea. Vanilla
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Tbs. Baking Powder
Vegetable Oil for Frying
Sifted Confectioners' Sugar

In mixing bowl, combine beaten Egg, Milk, Chopped Apples, Sugar, Salt, Orange Peel, Juice, and Vanilla. Stir together Flour and Baking Powder, fold into egg mixture stirring just until all flour is moistened. Drop batter by rounded teaspoon into Hot Oil (350 degree), Fry until deep golden brown – about 3 - 4 minutes, turning once. Drain fritters thoroughly on paper towels, roll in Sugar or sift Sugar over tops. "Yum"!


The recipe says champagne apples but you can use Braeburn or gala or any other crisp and slightly tart apple. Here is a link to the website I got it from with other apple recipes.

http://www.dixonapples.com/recipes4.htm

 

[bekkiz]

This is my FAVORITE apple cake. It's kind of weird b/c you bake the frosting on, but it is so delicious, easy and fall-like!

Gooey Apple Sheet Cake

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 24 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cake Desserts


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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For the Cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter -- melted
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c buttermilk
2 c chopped apples -- (1/4-1/2 inch pieces)
1 1/2 tsps ground cinnamon
For the Topping:
3 cups powdered sugar
8 oz. lowfat cream cheese
2 eggs
1/4 c oats

Mix melted butter and sugar with a mixer. Add eggs and beat well. Combine the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well. Fold in the chopped apples. Spread batter into well greased (or sprayed) 13 x 9 baking pan. Mix Topping ingredients and put over cake BEFORE baking. Bake in a 350ºF oven for 40-45 minutes. You can store this on the counter OR in the refrigerator.

 

[binny]

YUMM!!
Thanks!


Michelle, I would love the irish cake recipe when you have time


I will be baking away today!


crisp.... yummy. Now I need some Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.

 

[Saphire]

JessicaR, that is my favorite apple pie recipe. It is really different, pouring the liquid over the lattice crust, and it comes out beautiful.
Here is my favorite recipe for Apple Crisp. Just made it Sunday for company and they loved it. I served it warm with vanilla ice cream.

Old Fashioned Apple Crisp (Ina Garten)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/i...ipe/index.html


5 pounds McIntosh or Macoun apples
Grated zest of 1 orange
Grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

For the topping:

1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup oatmeal
1/2 pound cold unsalted butter, diced

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 by 14 by 2-inch oval baking dish.
Peel, core, and cut the apples into large wedges. Combine the apples with the zests, juices, sugar, and spices. Pour into the dish.

To make the topping, combine the flour, sugars, salt, oatmeal, and cold butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until the mixture is crumbly and the butter is the size of peas. Scatter evenly over the apples.

Place the crisp on a sheet pan and bake for 1 hour until the top is brown and the apples are bubbly. Serve warm.

 

[Michelle67]

Okay, apparently I'm crazy...the applesauce cake recipe doesn't call for chopped apples after all. I know it is chunky when my mother makes it. So weird. You could still make it with freshly sauced apples, I suppse. Anyhow here it is, and another couple of apple recipes that I came across while digging for it in my recipe box.

Irish Applesauce Cake
2 c. applesauce + 1 tsp soda
2 c. flour
1/2 c sugar
2/3 c oil
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each nutmeg and cloves
1 tsp salt
1 c raisins
1/2 c chopped nuts

Mix applesauce and soda well, then add to dry ingredients. Mix in nuts and raisins. Bake 350* 60-65 min. in loaf or layer pans. Dust pieces with powdered sugar immediately before serving (don't dust entire cake or it will get sticky and icky).

Self-rising flour (but still use soda and salt) will make this lighter, but as written it is a very dense brownie-like cake.

Caramel Apple Bars

Base:
2 c flour
2 c. quick-cooking oatmeal
1 1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 c. margarine or butter, melted

Filling:
1 1/2 c caramel ice cream topping
1/4 c. flour
2 c coarsely chopped, peeled apples
1/2 c chopped walnuts or pecans

Heat oven to 350*, and grease 15X10 inch baking dish. Combine all base ingredients in mixing bowl and mix on low speed until crumbly. Press half the mixture (about 2 1/2 c) in the bottom of greased pan and bake 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix caramel tpping and flour in a small saucepan and bring to a boil on med. heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring and boiling about 3-5 minutes to thicken.

Remove baking pan from oven, sprinkle base with apples and nuts, and pour caramel over. Sprinkle with remaining base mix, and bake additional 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting. Store in refrigerator.

Apple Scones

2 c flour
1/4 c sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c chilled butter
1 apple, peeled and shredded
1/2 c milk
cinnamon and sugar for sprinkling

Mix dry ingredients in bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly, then add milk and apple. Stir to form soft dough, turn out and knead gently 8-10 times on lighly floured board. Divide in half and shape into 2 flattened circles, slightly higher in the center than the edges. Brush tops with milk and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Cut with knife into 6-8 wedges each, but do not separate. Bake at 425* about 15 minutes.

 

[Iluvthemouse]

Probably not going to help but I make this every morning for DD before school.

Core and apple and cut into 4ths. Spray a little butter on each piece, cover with little pourable brown sugar (I use 1/2 tsp per whole apple) and cook in microwave for 1 minute.

I havent tried it but she loves them.

 

[C.Ann]

This is a keeper!! Came out delicious! Very, very moist..


November Bread

3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulater sugar
3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 sticks butter or margarine - melted
2 eggs - beaten
1 and 1/4 cup milk
1 cup cored, peeled, and chopped apple (about 3 medium apples)

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease two loaf pans and set aside.

In small saucepan melt butter or margarine.

In a big bowl, thoroughly combine brown sugar, granualted sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Make a well in center and add melted butter/margarine, eggs, and milk. Mix until smooth. Stir in apples.

Divide batter evenly among the two loaf pans. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Loosen bread around edges with a knife. Cool in pans on wire racks for approximately 15 minutes. Turn out on wire racks and continue cooling.

Makes 2 Loaves
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Have some great muffin recipes as well if you're interested.. Oh - and a great bundt cake..