Apple Pie Filling

I am still trying to use up all these apples from the other week so I decided to make some apple pie filling. I went ahead and used mine in a pie but I think I will make some more up and freeze it.

 

Apple Pie Filling

5 cups peeled,chopped apples

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups water

                                                        

Instructions

Toss the apples with lemon juice and set aside.

Combine the sugars, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a saucepan. Stir in water. Bring mixture to a boil. Boil 2 minutes stirring constantly.

 

 

Add the apples and bring to a boil again.

 

 Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 10-12 minutes. Cool completely. It will set up as it cools. Makes 4 cups of apple pie filling.

Enjoy!

 

Apple Dumplings

 I took my girls to the apple orchard the other day. As usual we came home with way to many apples and now I need to find something to make all with them. I started with these delicious apple dumplings!

Apple Dumplings

Ingredients needed:

• 6 apples ( I used Cortland)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 1/2 Tablespoons of butter, softened
• pie crust ( the kind with 2 in a pkg)
• egg
• sugar

In a small bowl mix cinnamon, nutmeg and butter. Set aside.

Core apples

 Peel Apples

Open up your pie dough and roll out to make larger. Cut your crust into 4 pieces

Put apple in the center of dough. Fill with cinnamon mixture.

Fold pie crust up around the apple.

Mix a beaten egg with 1 Tbsp of water.

Brush apples with egg mixture. Sprinkle lightly with sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 min.

My apples were really large for the pie crust so I suggest if you are using large apples to have another pie crust to use.

Carmel Apple Bread

With both girls in school all day I have some more free time on my hands. After they got on the bus the other day I decided to whip up a batch of this bread. It will be a great recipe to make in a few weeks when the weather turns cool and the apples are in season.



Caramel Apple Bread 
1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups coarsely chopped apples ( I used red ones but any kind would work. I also peeled them first)
Caramel sundae sauce ( I used Smuckers)

For Crumb Mixture:
1 tsp cinnamon
4 Tbsp flour
4 Tbsp brown sugar
4 Tbsp cold butter
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray loaf pan with non stick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until creamy. In a separate bowl, dissolve the baking soda into the lemon juice. Mixture will foam up; that’s normal. Once dissolved, add the baking soda mixture, eggs and vanilla to the butter and beat to combine.
3. Add the flour and salt until a thick batter has formed. Stir in the chopped apples by hand.
4. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the crumb ingredients until mixture forms coarse crumbs. Set aside.
5.Spread 1/4 batter in the bottom of each loaf pan. Sprinkle heavily with the crumb mixture and drizzle a generous amount of caramel on top. Repeat with another layer of each batter, crumb and caramel.
6. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean.

Original Recipe was found here

Whatever Wednesday ( Apple Muffins )

 I was trying to find a new recipe to use up some of these apples that I still have. I came across one on Pintrest, changed it to fit me a little better and I have to say they are yummy!! These could be frozen and thawed out a couple at a time for breakfast or a snack.

Apple Muffins

2 cups sugar
 2 eggs
1 cup oil
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups peeled, cored, diced apples Brown sugar for topping
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pan with paper liners.
Mix all ingredients together. Fill muffin liners almost to the top of the liner and then sprinkle with brown sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-24 minutes. I got 24 muffins out of my batch.

I got bored an made a apple pie to.

Enjoy!

Tasty Tuesday (Apple Cake)

I took the girls to the Apple Orchard this weekend to get some apples. I took a break from freezing meals to make this yummy apple cake.

Apple Cake

2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
3 cups sugar
3 cups diced apples

Mix well and bake 45 minutes at 350 in a greased cake pan. Enjoy!

Tasty Tuesday

Today I am posting about a recipe I tried that I found on Pinterest.

Apple cinnamon cake!

 2 ingredients a can of apple pie filling and a box of angel food cake mix.

mix together dry cake mix (only) and pie filling and 

cook at 350 for 20 minutes! enjoy!!!

I am not sure how I feel about this cake I think it would have been better if you ate it right out of the oven hot.  But I had to wait for the guys to get home and it was cold by then.  Also this is not a good cake to try and serve the next day.  The next day it was really flat and gooey.

Apple Cake

Welcome to Tasty Tuesday! Today I am posting a recipe for Apple Cake. It is getting to be apple season so I am going to post some apple recipes over the next couple of weeks. I hope you enjoy this!
APPLE CAKE

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups oil
3 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups apples (diced and peeled)

Mix all together and pour in a greased cake pan. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.