randee@petsd.UUCP (Randee Tengi) (10/15/84)
With the apple season upon us once again, my husband and I decided to go apple picking last weekend. Now that we are the proud owners of 15lbs of fresh apples, we're looking for some recipies that are simple, yummy, and require apples. In particular, I would appreciate recipies for applesauce and apple pie using a pre-made crust (for now I'm taking the easy way out). Many thanks, randee
nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) (10/17/84)
Applesauce is easier than apple pie! Just quarter and core apples, put in large pot with a wee bit of water (so they don't scorch at first) and cook covered until tender (about 15 minutes). Put apples, several at a time in a food mill, and crank until only skins (and maybe a stray seed or two) remain. The stuff coming out the bottom is applesauce. You may wish to season the sauce with pie spices (some combination from ginger, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon). If you put the sauce in a pot and cook, stirring continually, over a medium hot burner for about 1/2 to 1 hour, you will have apple butter. The way to tell if it is done is to put a dab on a clean plate. If it weeps (if there is enough liquid around the dab to run when the plate it tilted), then it needs more cooking. BTW, use a slotted spoon to take the apples from pot to mill in order to avoid excess liquid in the sauce. This also works remarkably well with pears! The sauce is a little grainy, but the flavor is incredible. Pear butter is my favorite. Nemo
ee173xcb@sdcc3.UUCP (ee173xcb) (10/18/84)
This is a recipe I have grown up with. It makes a delicious snack
cake, and is really easy to make.
APPLE CAKE
4 generous cups cubed apples
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 tablespoons cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
Put apples in a greased 9x12 baking pan. Mix eggs and sugar in
bowl. Mix in rest of ingredients. Pour over apples and stir. Bake
at 350 deg. for 45 minutes. Cool. Cut into squares.
Greg Vaughan (University of California, San Diego)ee173xcb@sdcc3.UUCP (ee173xcb) (10/19/84)
Actually I prefer simply to cook the apples cubed and peeled for 15 minutes or until tender, and then simply add the spices straight (same spices as for your favorite apple pie). This results in a chunky apple sauce which is delicious straight or over ice cream. Greg Vaughan (University of California, Santa Cruz)
figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold) (10/25/84)
To make applesauce, peel and cut up N apples and place in a saucepan
over low heat ("N" being as much as you can fit in your saucepan).
Add NOTHING! Cover and simmer, stirring and mashing down once in a
while, and eventually the stuff in your saucepan will be of the consistency
of applesauce. When its texture is where you'd like it to be (smooth,
chunky, whatever), THEN add cinnamon, nutmeg (usually a dash) and sugar
to taste. (Some people like to use pumpkin pie spice, allspice, and/or
cloves as well or in addition to the spices already mentioned.)
That's applesauce!
--Lynn
P.S.--If you overcook it, you need not fear, because THEN you have apple butter!