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Apple Time Is Here!

Culinary Wednesday

Posted by DariaSockey in Food on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:00 PM

You can tell you’re in the Sockey home in September through November by sense of smell alone.

Apples are bound to be on the menu in some form or another several days a week. My top three are apple pie, apple crisp, and apple sauce. Apples will also appear in salads, and now and again I serve Fried Apples ‘n’ Onions as a side dish, in homage to Laura Ingalls Wilders’ very hungry Almanzo in Farmer Boy.

I have several old, gnarly apples trees on my property, hence plenty of free cooking apples. With the emphasis on cooking.

Since I don’t know the first thing about keeping apples free of bugs, blight, and other deformities—several failed attempts were made with organic sprays—these are not apples that anyone around here wants to pick out of a bowl and bite into. They have to be peeled and intricately carved to remove the ugly and preserve the yummy.

Time to share your favorite apple recipes. Is your apple crisp topping better than everyone else’s? Any special additives to your applesauce? Have you a nice salad featuring apples? How about a main dish, perhaps combining pork with apples?

To start things off, here’s the apples ‘n onions I mentioned above:

Saute /carmelize four sliced onions in butter or (if you want authenticity) bacon fat. Add six sliced tart apples, top with a few handfuls of brown sugar, and cook on low, covered, for 5 minutes or until apples are soft.

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Posted by RealMom4Life on Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 4:00 PM (EDT):

We just moved to property with some apple trees.  Plan to try that recipe…so far just desserts smile  My FIL, just brought me an article about milk jug fly traps for fruit trees.  We’ll try it next year unless I hear it doesn’t work.  Put a 1 gallon milk jug with equal amounts (about 2 cups) each of water, vinegar, and sugar into the crotch of the tree - secure with twine (if the tree is small and new set it next to the tree).  The bugs are attracted but cannot escape.  Hope it works smile

 
Posted by Daria on Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 4:24 PM (EDT):

We do an indoors version of that. A small bowl or cup with a little cider vinegar and sugar in the bottom. cover with plastic wrap and poke a few pin holes in the plastic. Apparently you can catch more flies with vinegar than with honey (or fruit), at least when they’re fruit flies. They all go in the trap and leave the produce on our counters alone.

 
Posted by Gwen on Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 6:33 PM (EDT):

I have an apple pie in the oven.  If you cut them in slices will the kids eat them or are they too tart? My kids like the tart ones so I just need to cut them up, leave them in a bowl and they disappear.  You can buy “Fruit Fresh” by Ball at the grocery store to sprinkle on the cut apples so they won’t brown.  I’m also planning to make apple muffins and apple cake.

 
Posted by Daria on Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 8:35 PM (EDT):

Apple cake sounds good. Got a recipe to share?

 
Posted by dk on Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 7:34 AM (EDT):

At this time of the year, I keep a good supply of apples, butternut squash and sweet potatoes in the house and any time a roast a chicken or piece of pork, I add chunks of all 3.  I also may pour in some cider while roasting depending on how much juice the meat gives off. 

I’d love a healthy(ish) recipe for apple muffins or cake to pack with the kids’ lunches if anyone has one to share.

 
Posted by Rachel on Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 8:52 AM (EDT):

apple pandowdy (if you’re not gluten-free, then just use all purpose flour)
http://nestfullofeggs.blogspot.com/2010/10/gf-apple-pandowdy.html

 
Posted by Betsy on Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 10:46 AM (EDT):

We made this last week-so good!
Apple Tarte Tatin
http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/10/mollys-apple-tarte-tatin/

 
Posted by Laura on Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 2:01 PM (EDT):

A friend made these for us after our baby was born. When I’m up to baking again, these are the 1st things I’m going to make - they were amazing!!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Glazed-Apple-Cookies/Detail.aspx

 
Posted by Ronaldo on Friday, Sep 23, 2011 6:40 AM (EDT):

Oh!I like these red apples on that photo! Very beautiful!
Click:Burberry bags on sale

 
Posted by Sally on Friday, Sep 23, 2011 12:02 PM (EDT):

Apple pancakes. Slice apples thinly and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add them to your normal pancake batter recipe (gluten-free for me) and adjust the liquid as necessary. I also usually add a teaspoon or two of cinnamon. If you dollop apple butter on top while they’re hot, it gets all melty and amazing!

The same goes for pumpkin pancakes. Add a half a can or so of pumpkin puree (not pie filling, just pureed pumpkin) to your batter and add some pie spices if you like. Voila! Pumpkin pancakes! I’ve even tried apple pumpkin pancakes and they were delicious and that extra vitamin boost is always good!

 
Posted by Therese on Saturday, Sep 24, 2011 8:22 AM (EDT):

I just tried this last weekend and it was a hit. It’s healthy and really yummy! I kind of made it up, so the measurements are up to you:
Place 7 apples, peeled and sliced, in an oblong baking dish
sprinkle with raw sugar and cinnamon, toss to coat
mix together a topping of: granola, raw oats, cinammon, about 2 tbsp brown sugar and honey. Sprinkle the topping over the apples.
Bake at 350 for about 40 mins.


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