Recipes

In addition to enjoying your fresh, crisp apples as nutritious snacks, you may be interested in trying the following apple recipes:

• Apple Dessert with Caramel Sauce
• Easy Apple Cake
• Apple Crunch Muffins
• Sweet Potatoes with Apples
• Stuffing with Apples and Roasted Garlic

• Cake

2 cups sugar
3/4 cup shortening
3 eggs
7 cups unpeeled, chopped apples
3 cups flour
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 tsp. soda
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream together sugar, shortening and eggs. Add apples, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda and nuts. Mix well and pour into lightly greased 13 x 9 x 2 pan. Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.


• Caramel Sauce



1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 T flour
1/2 cup cream (evaporated milk or milk may be used)
1 tsp. vanilla



Melt butter in saucepan. Mix sugars and flour together and stir into melted butter. Add the cream or milk and vanilla. Cook over low heat until thick, stirring to prevent scorching. Serve warm sauce over the cake.

4 cups apples, diced and peeled
2 cups white sugar
2 beaten eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. soda
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix apples and sugar in large bowl. Add beaten eggs, oil and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add gradually to apple mixture, stirring to blend. Add nuts. Pour batter into greased 9 x 13 x 2 pan. Bake 45 - 50 minutes.

1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 egg slightly beaten
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup diced apples
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup shortening

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in mixing bow. Cut in shortening until fine crumbs form. Combine milk and egg. Add to dry ingredients along with apples. Stir just to moisten. Spoon batter into muffin cups filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle with topping mixture. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

3 sweet potatoes (peeled and sliced)
3 apples (peeled and sliced)
1 T flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 T cinnamon
1 T butter

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Butter ramekins and sprinkle some of the brown sugar in the bottom. Add flour, cinnamon and brown sugar to the sliced potatoes and apples. Place slices in ramekins. Dot with butter and bake for 45 min. Turn out onto dinner plate and serve with entrée.

1/4 cup butter
2 medium onions, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 heads roasted garlic*
8 cups dry bread, cut into small cubes
2 tart apples, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh thyme (or 2 tsp. dried)
1/2 to 1 cup chicken stock or apple juice
salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Add onion and celery; cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic squeezed from roasted heads. In large bowl, combine bread cubes, apples, parsley, thyme and onion mixture. Add enough stock or juice to just moisten the bread. Add salt and pepper to taste. Makes enough stuffing for a 10 - 12 pound turkey; can be halved for a 4 - 6 pound chicken, or doubled for a large turkey.

* To roast garlic, slice about 1/2 inch off top of each head of garlic to expose tops of cloves. Remove outer layers of papery skin from heads. Place, cut side up, in small baking dish; drizzle with a little olive oil. Cover tightly with foil. Bake in 350F oven for about 45 minutes or until very soft. Squeeze out the softened garlic.