Apple Recipes

Today I am using up some more of those delicious apples from the orchard and I thought I would share some yummy apple recipes. I'm baking an apple cinnamon crumb cake and just made homemade apple- cranberry sauce too.....my son just loves the apple sauce and begged me to make more.

I hosted a recipe swap last fall using apples as the main ingredient and I thought I would share some of the wonderful recipes I recieved. If you've still got apples from a trip to the orchard or just love any kind of recipe using apples here are a few for you to look over. I took a picture of the cute 6x6 recipe cards- just click on the photo of each one to see the recipe and get the directions.

                                                                      Fall Apple Bread

Apple and Butternut Squash Soup

Apple Upside-down Pie

Anne's Homemade Applesauce

4 medium apples- cut into 8 equal pieces each

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup brown or white sugar (I use organic sugar)

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 fresh cranberries (optional)

Directions: Heat apples (cranberries too) and water to boiling, reduce heat and simmer uncovered....stirring occassionally to break up the apples until tender- usually about 10-15 minutes. Stir in the sugar and cinnamon- heat to boiling and stir for 1 minute. I always grab my potatoe masher and mash them further with this. Let it cool  for 30 minutes and serve warm (very yummy this way)  or let it cool completely and store in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Today I cheated and am using a "box" version of the crumb cake.

 I do this kind of cheating quite a bit as I'm a very busy person and not everything can be completely homemade- ha ha!  It's made by Krusteaz.....and I simply cut up about 1 cup of chopped apple and added that to the mix. I also substitute cold coffee for the water in the mix- then it's a bit more like coffee cake too!

Hope you can try one of these delicious apple recipes- let me know if you do!

My crumbcake is just about done- can't wait to dig into this after dinner tonight- yummmm! The house smells heavenly right now too.......am I making you hungry?

Inky Hugs, Anne