- Frodosmiss
Baked Butternut Squash with
Apples
Ingredients
* 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 pounds
butternut squash (about 2 medium)
* 2 1/4 pounds medium-size tart
green apples such as Granny Smith (6-7)
* 3/4 cup dried currants
* Freshly grated nutmeg
* 3/4 cup pure maple syrup
* 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter,
cut into pieces
* 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon
juice
Peel, quarter lengthwise, seed, and cut each
squash into 1/4-inch thick
slices. Peel, quarter, core, and cut each apple
into 1/4-inch slices.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook squash in large pot of
boiling salted water
until almost tender, about 3 minutes. Drain well.
Combine squash,
apples and currants in 13x9x2-inch glass baking
dish. Combine maple
syrup, butter and lemon juice in heavy small
saucepan. Whisk over low
heat until butter melts. Pour syrup over squash
mixture and toss to
coat evenly. Season generously with nutmeg, salt
and pepper.
Bake until squash and apples are very tender,
stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Cool 5
minutes. Makes 12, 1-cup servings.
Nutrition data for 1/12th recipe:
* Calories: 147
* Fat: 4g
* Sodium: 25 mg
* Carbs: 31g
* Fiber: 5g
* Protein: 1.5g
There is no way to describe what this smells like
when it is baking. It tastes even better. - Yaralindi
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Chicken with Cabbage
& Apples
6 whole chicken breasts, halved and skinned.
4-6 T. butter
4 cooking apples, cored and cubed (do not peel)
2 stalks celery, diced.
1 head of cabbage, cut into thick slices
3-4 carrots, peeled and julienned into 2-inch strips
1 lg. onion, sliced
1 T. apple cider vinegar
1/2 c. apple juice
2 T. brown sugar (optional)
1/2 t. caraway seeds (optional)
Melt 1-2 T. of the butter in a heavy skillet.
Sprinkle chicken with
pepper and brown a couple at a time over medium-high
heat for about 2
1/2 minutes per side. Transfer to a large
casserole dish.
Reduce heat to medium and add apples and celery to
the pan. Cook
and stir until golden - about 5 minutes. Spread over
the chicken.
Melt the remaining butter in the pan an dadd
cabbage, carrots and
onion. Stir and cook until tender-crisp, about
5-7 minutes.
Stir in the apple juice and vinegar, plus sugar and
seeds if
desired. Spread over the apples and
chicken. Bake at
350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
- Evelyn
Gingered Carrots and
Apples
4 large carrots
2 firm apples, cored and sectioned but not peeled
1 inch of fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
6 T. butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Peel carrots and grate. Place carrots in a
sauce pan, cover with
water and bring to a boil. Drain, mashing
excess water from
carrot mush. Grate the apples. Melt butter in
sauce pan, add
ginger and saute, stirring constantly. When
the ginger is
fragrant but not browned, add apples and cook about
2 minutes,
stirring. Add the drained carrots and stir
toether until warmed
through. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
(Red apples are
recommended, but we found it nice with just about
any kind)
Apple Waldorf Salad
4 medium apples
1 T. lemon juice
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 c. grapes (red or green), halved.
1/2 c. walnuts or pecans
1/4 c. raisins
1/2 c. mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 T. sugar or other sweetener
1/2 t. lemon juice
1/2 c. whipping cream
(nutmeg)
Dice apples. In a large bowl, sprinkle apples with
the 1 T. lemon
juice. Add chopped celery, grapes, nuts and
raisins. For
the dressing, ina small bowl combine the mayonnaise,
sweetener and 1/2
t. lemon juice. Whip cream just until soft peaks
form. Fold cream
into mayonnaise mixture and spoon over apple
mixture. Sprinkle
lightly with nutmeg. Cover and chill. Just
before serving,
fold the dressing into the fruit.
-Primula
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Apple
Pancake
1 c. flour
5 eggs
3 T. fructose or sugar
1/8 t. vanilla
1/2 c.whipping cream
1/2 c. water
2-3 apples, peeled and thinly sliced
Butter
Whisk together flour, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, cream
and water.
Stir thinly sliced apples into mixture. In a heavy
skillet
(nonstick is best) melt enough butter to coat the
pan. Pour
batter into skillet and cook pancake over medium heat
until it begins
to set. Lift the edges to allow uncooked batter to run
underneath, like
you would with an omelette. Preheat your
broiler. When the
pancake begins to brown and is getting firm, place
entire skillet under
the broiler until the top puffs and browns.
Sprinkle with vanilla
powder or sugar, cut into wedges and serve.
(Remember not
to use a skillet that has a wooden handle, btw!)
Apple Salads
& Entrees Apple
Desserts
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Apple Crumb Pie
Pastry for single-crust pie (9 incehs)
6 cups chooped peeled tart apples
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons sour cream
4 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
TOPPING
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup sugar
½ cup cold butter
Line a 9 inch pie plate with pastry and flute edges
In a large bowl combine next eight ingredients
spoon into pastry shell
In another bowl combine topping ingredients, until it
looks like
breadcrumbs
Sprinkle on top of apple mixture
Bake at 375° for 45 - 50 minutes or until filling is
bubbly and
apples tender
Cool on a wire rack.
- Strange Elf
Apple Pecan Coffee
Cake
½ cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups self-rising flour
5 cups chopped apples (Granny Smith or other
tart apple)
1 ½ cups pecan pieces
1 ½ Tbsp sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground mace (nutmeg or more cinnamon may
be substituted)
Beat butter, on medium speed, until light
colored. Add sugar, beat
until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time,
mixing well after
each. Stir in vanilla. Add flour, 1/2 at a time,
mixing well after each
addition. Stir in chopped apples and pecan
pieces. Pour into greased,
floured 13 x 9 pan. Combine sugar, cinnamon and
mace. Sprinkle over
batter.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick
inserted in the middle
comes out clean.
Apple
Pizza
We
used to
have an old orchard up at the back of our place, the
trees
had been planted in the early 1900's and went on
bearing apples until
about three years ago. One variety was called Winter
Banana, a pretty
pale yellow apple with a blush of pink. It wasn't
much good to eat out
of hand, and made only mediocre pies, but it made
the BEST juice. I had
an apple press and used to put up dozens and dozens
of quarts of juice.
We had to cut down
what was left of
the orchard about three years
ago, the trees were falling and breaking. And,
sadly, what fruit there
was usually fell on the ground as I no longer do all
that canning and
juicing. We would tell people they could help
themselves, but it seems
they thought we'd pick the apples for them!!! I miss
the orchard, but
now that part of the pasture is easier for the hay
mower to navigate.
One fun thing to do with an apple pie is to use a
pizza pan. Roll
out your pastry to fit a pizza pan, then fill it with
VERY thinly
sliced apples. You can make a pattern with the slices
if you want, but
it's not necessary.
Sweeten the pie with sugar and a bit of cinnamon.
Put your favourite crumb topping on, and bake. Presto,
Apple Pizza.
The original instructions called for you to then put
Caramel syrup on
it, but I think that's a bit over the top. Kids like
it, cuz kids like
pizza!
-Vison
Bag End Apple Bread
1 c applesauce (shortening substitute, can use
shortening, butter or oil if you want the unhealthy
stuff. )
1 c brown sugar
1 c white sugar
4 eggs, well beaten (I use powdered eggs & they
work fine, too)
4 c applesauce (or 4 ripe mashed bananas)
2/3 c milk (I use powdered, works great!)
4 c flour (For extra healthy alternative I used 2 c
white flour, 1 c. wheat flour, 1 cup wheat germ)
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp salt
1 tsp - 1 Tbsp cinnamon depending on taste
preference
Cream applesauce (oil) and sugar/ Mix in the rest of
the ingredients
& stir until it reaches cake batter consistency.
Bake in two large
loaf pans sprayed with pan spray for 1 hr at 350
degrees. Great
use for a fridge full of old apples, and the kids
liked it too.
- Rosie
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Bride's Apple Sponge
2 cups self raising flour
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 - 5 peeled, chopped apples
Mix all but apples together
Add apples
Pour into a greased 9x12 pan
Bake at 375°F for 30 - 40 minutes
Serve with Birds Eye Custard
Watch the sponge and lower the shelf if it looks
like it's browning too
fast.
- Strange Elf
Caramel Apple Cake
4 cups of apples (Sliced and peeled)
2 cups of sugar (pour over apples and let stand for an
hour)
to this mix add:
2 cups flour,
1 1/2 1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Cinnamon
2 lightly beaten eggs
1 scant cup of vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped Pecans
Bake at 325 in a 13x9 pan for 45-50 minutes.
Poke holes in the cake when it comes out of the oven,
and drizzle
(Sides to center) with Caramel Glaze
Glaze:
1 stick butter
1 1/2 Tbsp Corn starch
1 cup Light Brown sugar
3/4 cup water
Melt butter, add others. Bring to a boil, lower heat and
cook 3-5 mins
stirring constantly.
Orange-Glazed Apple Pie
¾ cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 cups peeled, sliced tart apples
Pastry for double 9 inch crust
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons orange juice
Glaze
½ cup confectioners sugar
4-½ teaspoons orange juice
½ teaspoon grated orange peel
In a large bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Add apples, toss to coat.
Line a 9 inch pie plate with pastry. Spoon apple
mixture into
crust.
Dot with butter and sprinkle with orange juice.
Top with pie crust.
Bake at 400° for 40-45 minutes or until crust is golden
brown.
In a small bowl, whisk glaze ingredients together.
Spread over top of
pie.
- Strange Elf
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