Three Simple Apple Recipes

Lucky for us, the apples have been mighty abundant this year!

First up, I made Julie Knights delicious apple bar recipe.

Julie Knight's Apple Bars

Julie Knight's Apple Bars

2 1\2 c flour
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 c shortening
1 egg yolk(save white for later)
2/3 cup Milk

FILLING:
6-7 lg apples,peeled an sliced
1 1\2 C white sugar
2 tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon

GLAZE:
1 C powdered sugar
3 tsp HOT h2o
1\2 tsp almond extract

Mix flour,salt,sugar;add shortening an mix. Beat egg yolk in a measuring cup and add milk. Add liquid to flour mixture. Take 1\2 of dough an roll out to fit a jelly roll pan.
Spread apples over crust. Sprinkle with flour,cinn and sugar. Roll out second half of dough an place over top of apples. Beat egg white until frothy an brush over top crust.
Bake @ 375 for 40 min or until brown.

My Great Aunt Helen is a famous cook, quite literally.  She started the Norske Nook and has a few cookbooks and has been on the Letterman show.  For my wedding shower, she gave me a recipe for this delicious and easy Apple Pie.

Pecan Caramel Apple Pie

 

Pecan Caramel Apple Pie

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup pecan halves

5 cups of apples

2 T flour

1 tsp cinnamon

2/3 cup sugar

Pie crust for double pie

 

Pat melted butter in bottom of pie tine.  Sprinkle brown sugar over bottom and sides and then pecans.  Roll pie crust and lay on top of this.  Place apples, sugar, cinnamon and flour over apples.  Place pie crust on top, flute edges and bake at 350 for 1 hour till done.

 

Last but not least I made this delicious, moist apple bread sent to me by my sister-in-law Tracy.

Apple Bread - Greta in her Halloween Costume

Moist Apple Bread
3 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 large eggs
1 cup canola oil
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups diced apples
1 cup walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 325. Grease two 9x5x3" loaf pans, set aside. In medium bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda & salt, set aside. In mixing bowl beat the eggs, oil, sugar & vanilla together, mixing well. stir in flour mixture until just mixed. Fold in apples and walnuts and spoon into prepared loaf pans.
Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of mixture (or make a crumb mixture to sprinkle on top).
Bake for 1 hr 15 min or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into middle of bread.

I spent the past day and half canning tomatoes and sauce with my friends Sooz and Kristi...details to come soon!

Thanks for reading my blog and I appreciate all your feedback, ideas, and inspiration.

Thanks,

Kristin