Apples

Recipes

Apple Pie | Cinnamon Apple Muffins | Crunchy Apple Salsa with Grilled Chicken | Basic Apple Sauce | Apple Crisp

 

Apple Pie (Serves 8) 1st Place winner in the CT Two-Crusted Pie Final!

 

Crust:
  • 3 C flour
  • 3/4 tsp . baking powder
  • 1C butter-flavored shortening
  • 5-7 T cold milk
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 T brown sugar
  • 1 T vegetable oil
  • 1 egg white for garnish

Sift dry ingredients together twice. Cut in shortening. Sprinkle in oil then milk one tablespoon at a time, mixing well after each addition with a pastry fork. Combine to form a ball of dough and divide it to make a top and a bottom crust.

 

Filling:

  • 1 C sugar
  • 3/8 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 Golden Delicious*
  • 6 Cortland Apples*
  • 1/4 C orange juice (to prevent discoloration)
  • 2 T butter
  • 4 T cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Sift dry ingredients. Peel and chop apples into pieces. Splash them with orange juice and mix to prevent discoloration while chopping. Combine dry mixture with apples and turn into pastry lines pan. Pack in firmly. Dot with butter. Cover with top crust, seal edges and make holes for steam to escape. Garnish as desired (may use egg white to make shine). Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Cover with foil to prevent discoloration after 20-30 minutes of baking as needed.

* # varies with size of apples
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Cinnamon Apple Muffins (Makes one dozen)

  • 1 1/2 C flour
  • 3/4 c sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 c butter, melted
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 1 c finely chopped apple

Heat over to 375 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Add remaining ingredients to dry mixture. Stir just until flour is moistened. Spoon batter into greased muffin pan or use papers. Bake 18-23 minutes or until lightly browned. Let stand five minutes, removed from pan.

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Crunchy Apple Salsa with Grilled Chicken (Serves 4)

  • 2 C Gala apples, halved, cored and chopped
  • 3/4 C (1 large) Anaheim chile pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 1/2 C chopped onion
  • 1/4 C lime juice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Marinade:

  • 1/4 C dry white wine
  • 1/4 C apple juice or fresh cider
  • 1/2 tsp grated lime peel
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • dash pepper

4 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts

 

Combine salsa ingredients and mix well; allow flavors to blend about 1/2 hour. Serve over or alongside grilled chicken. Makes 3 C salsa. For grilled chicken combine marinade ingredients, pour over chicken breasts. Marinate for 20-30 minutes. Drain and grill over medium-hot coals, turning once, until chicken tests done.

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Basic Apple Sauce (Makes 3 cups)

  • 8 medium sized apples
  • 1/2 C water
  • 1 T reconstituted lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 C (or more) brown sugar

Core and dice apples; place in sauce pan, add water and salt, simmer until soft. Press through sieve or food mill; add cinnamon, salt, lemon juice and add sugar to taste. Stir until dissolved. Serve hot or cold.

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Apple Crisp (Serves 6)

 

Filling:

  • 4 C sliced Cortland apples
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Topping:

  • 1 C brown sugar
  • 1 C rolled oats
  • 1/2 C butter
  • 1 1/4 C flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/3 C shortening

Place apples mixed with sugar and cinnamon in the bottom of a greased 10" x 6" x 1/2" baking pan. Combine brown sugar and sifted flour, oats and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter and shortening as for pastry and sprinkle over the apples. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until crisp and brown.

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