Apple Recipes

Remember a couple weeks ago the kids went to the cider mill when I had gone to pick up my mom from the airport? Well we've still got a never-ending supply of apples and I've been trying recipes galore to use up these apples. First Greg made an apple pie, then I made Apple Slab Pie which the recipe was in a Pillsbury email I got. This weekend I decided to try another recipe. This time I made Apple Pie Muffins which I found on Pinterest. I also saw a recipe for Pumpkin Apple Bread on Pinterest. My friend Brenda said she would make that. Then we swapped bread and muffins. I gave her some of our apples to use for the bread. Both recipes turned out great. I ended up making a second batch of the muffins today since they were so easy to make. Here's the recipes for all the apple yummies!

Apple Slab Pie

Photo courtesy of Pillsbury

INGREDIENTS:

1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

1 cup granulated sugar

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

9 cups thinly sliced, peeled apples (9 medium)

1 cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons milk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 450°F. Remove pie crusts from pouches. Unroll and stack crusts one on top of the other on lightly floured surface. Roll to 17x12-inch rectangle. Fit crust into 15x10x1-inch pan, pressing into corners. Fold extra pastry crust under, even with edges of pan. Crimp edges.
2. Mix granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and lemon juice. Stir in apples to coat. Spoon apple mixture into crust-lined pan.
3. Bake 33 to 38 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbling. Cool on rack 45 minutes.
4. Mix powdered sugar and milk until well blended. Drizzle over pie. Allow glaze to set before serving, about 30 minutes.

Apple Pie Muffins

Photo & recipe courtesy of runningwiththegirls.blogspot.com

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

1 egg
1 cup 1/2 and 1/2
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 cups diced apples

topping:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp cinnamon
4 T melted butter

Directions:
- preheat oven to 375
- mix dry ingredients in large mixing bowl, mix wet ingredients (w/ apples) in small bowl - add wet mixture to dry mixture, mix well
- mix topping ingredients in small bowl
- grease muffin pan, scoop batter into muffin pan, sprinkle topping mixture over batter - bake 25 minutes
- eat and enjoy!

Pumpkin Apple Bread

Photo & recipe courtesy of divinecaroline.com

Ingredients:
3 cups whole-wheat flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Three eggs
1-1/2 cups pumpkin puree
1/2 cup chopped tart apples
1/2 applesauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Note: Brenda didn't use raisins, which we both thought would be better without.

Directions:

Heat oven to 350° F degrees. Butter two loaf pans.

Mix first nine ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, pumpkin, apples, applesauce, and oil. Add in dry ingredients and mix until just moistened. Stir in raisins and walnuts.

Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in pans for about fifteen minutes; remove from pans and cool on rack.

If you're in need of some fall recipes with apples, these were all very tasty. Enjoy!