When I think of fall, my mind goes to new pencils and pumpkins and, of course, apples. If you are lucky enough to have an orchard near you, this is the time of year to go and get yourself a bushel of apples. You will need to set aside a weekend and gather some good friends but it will be well worth the work and effort that you put into your apples. In this article, I am going to give you directions for making applesauce and some other goodies. But first let's talk about apples.
There are many varieties of apples. Some are great for making pies and some are great for just eating.
Here are some recipes to get you started on your apple adventure. Don't be afraid to substitute different types of apples in any recipe. Or to use 2 or 3 different kinds as long as you stick with all eating apples or all cooking apples.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 9 inch square baking pan.
Stir together apples, 3/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup flour in large bowl. Spread in prepared pan; dot with 2 tablespoons butter.
Quick and easy to make, healthy, and delicious. This is a great accompaniment to a pork roast, or add a little more sugar, top with whipped cream or ice cream, and serve warm or cold as a dessert.
Coarsely crumble the graham crackers over the apples and fold in the whipped cream. This should not be fixed long before being served or the crackers will be too soggy.
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Information about apples, what kinds are for eating, which for applesauce, for pies, plus lots of recipes.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
Our local apple orchard has windfall apples free for the taking. What options are there for using these apples in recipes and does anyone have recipes for these apples?
Some people prepare the filling for apple pies, and then freeze it for making pies later; you could make a supply of apple butter, apple sauce, apple juice. Or just peel, slice, and freeze the apples for something you might want to make later. Or you could gather up apples that are past their prime and put them on your compost pile.
Sandy,
I'm originally from an area close to you.
Just search the internet and see how many recipes there are for applesauce. I used to have a large family and went to old homesteads to find apples. So easy really to make and 'can' applesauce.Just cut out any spoiled or bruised spots in apples, slowly cook in large saucepan, then put through calendar, then freeze or easier still, can in pints jars for use later in recipes.
I also used to dry apple chips, great for healthy snakes in lunches.As mentioned before, peel, slice, season as you would for an apple pie, then line pie plate with tin foil.Place in freezer, when solid, remove ,put in a zip lock bag and instant pie filling for a winter apple pie.
I envy your access to 'free' apples. In this time of making ends meet, we need to go back to the 'good ol' days' and remember how it was and how we made do with the bounty we had access too.
Stay warm up north! I'm in the deep south now and miss the winters, how typical huh! HA
What are windfall apples?
An apple's an apple, so whatever recipes you would normally use, just make them as sweet as necessary and of course cut out bad spots when paring them.
APPLE DAPPLE CAKE
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/3 c. cooking oil
3 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
3 c. apples, chopped
1 c. nuts
Mix ingredients thoroughly, folding in apples and nuts last. Turn into greased and floured pan (9 x 13 inches). Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Cool, cut into squares.
APPLE DAPPLE CAKE GLAZE:
1/2 stick butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. light brown sugar
2 tbsp. milk
Combine all ingredients into a boiler. Boil for 1 minute. Spread on hot cake.
After my wife makes apple pie filling {which she cans and not freezes} she cooks down the peels and the cores and makes great apple jelly, after running it thru a food mill. This she also cans. We have opened some of the canning she did back in '99 and they have all been great. Needless to say we have a bit of canned goods to use at times like this.
Do various searches on different recipes such as: apple brown betty, apple cobbler, apple cake, apple dumplings, etc.
I have several trees that have given us loads of apples this year - I have given them away, made applesauce, just sliced them - sprinkled lemon juice on them and frozen in ziplock bags for pies or apple crisp, made fried apples. Here is my recipe for apple crisp.
APPLE CRISP
4 c peeled apple slices 1 T lemon juice 1/3 c flour
1 c oatmeal 1/2 c brown sugar 1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon 1/3 c butter, melted
Put apples in baking dish, sprinkle with lemon juice. Combine dry ingredients, add melted butter, mix till crumbly. Sprinkle crumb mix
over apples. Bake @ 375 for 30 in, till apples are tender.
I have picked up buckets of windfalls, just cutting out the spots and using the wonderful fruit inside! To make fried apples, I just wash and slice the apples (coring them), put in saucepan, cook with bit of water and sprinkle a dash of salt till almost tender, then put in a TBSP of butter, and 1/4 c sugar (or sweetener, if desired), and cook down. Leaving the peeling on gives you added vitamins and it is a wonderful addition to any meal!
Enjoy your wonderful bounty the Lord has provided!
Make applesauce!
What about making apple butter in your crockpot, and giving them as Christmas gifts. Make sure you follow directions for the proper amount of time in the water bath.
Mary, Langhorne, PA
I recently bought several bags of small apples (a really good sale or so I thought). They are a little on the tart side, and are quickly bruising.
Any advice on simple recipes to get them used up quickly? Also, how can I sweeten them? Thanks!I was given about 5 bushels of apples. We will make apple sauce and I will do a few crisps, but I need more ideas of what to do with all of these apples. We are storing them in the basement so they will last for a while.
Kelly
Peel them all, cutting out any really bad spots. Cook in a stockpot or big saucepan (look after you've cut them up...you don't want the pan more than 2/3 full. Put very little water in but stir and watch. They should break down and maybe exude a lot of liquid in 15 minutes or so. Add white sugar and a little cinnamon if you want. This is the best applesauce you've had if you've never had homemade before. It can be frozen ( just leave a little headroom) and I've defrosted and used it after 6 months and it's fine. Sunday mortning breakfast has never been better. It's also good with pork as a side dish. Don't worry about the fact that they're softening. I've used apples from my brother's tree that had been around too long and no one even suspected that that they had been off the tree for a while.
You can also make apple cake. If you bake in a 13 x 9 pan, just cut in thirds wrap in foil and freeze in a freezer bag. Muffins can be frozen too. Then you only defrost what you need. I'd also make apple cobbler. YUM!
Pre-prepare some apple pies and freeze them for future baking ;-)
Enjoy the flavour of caramel apples? These rose-shaped dessert cups are full of caramel and apple, and only have a handful ingredients in them. They're so easy to put together and they won't weigh you down. You don't need special tools or techniques to make these super pretty rose-like goodies; I even used my toaster oven!
This was a recipe printed on a Christmas napkin that I thought would be good to try out. It was a good way to use up some frozen apple slices that I had in my freezer.
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