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It's fall, time for the harvest! Here in New York that means apple picking. Do you have a favorite apple recipe that you'd like to share with us?

Post your favorite apple recipe, and tell us a little about it - where you got it, why you like it, any special memories associated with it. And watch for my upcoming article on apple recipes at Bella New York!

Brenda

I got this out of one of those little Betty Crocker magazines you see when you check out at the grocery store.
My 2 year old loves this, and you know how hard it is to get spinach down a child's throat!

(I never do anything by measurements, so these are kind of approximations, sorry!)

1 bag triple washed baby spinach (fresh)
3 granny smith apples (chopped small, w/ or w/out peel)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup pine nuts
1 shallot finely diced
1 T. olive oil
1.t. kosher salt

1.Sautee' shallots in olive oil until golden brown,
2.Add apples, raisins, & pine nuts, sautee until rasins plump and apples are tender
3.Add salt & spinach & sautee until spinach starts to wilt.
4.Cover pan, turn off heat, and spinach will continue to wilt. Stir and serve.

Michelle,

Thanks for sharing that recipe! I'll have to try it on my family. I love spinach, but like your two-year-old, my son doesn't care for it either.

Brenda

Here's one of my favorite apple recipes:

Apple Cake

6 cups peeled, sliced apples (tart)
1 cup sifted flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup melted butter


Directions:

Spread sliced apples in a buttered 9 x 9 inch pan. Mix together flour, sugar, salt, egg and cinnamon. Spread over apple layer, then pour melted butter over top.

Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

Enjoy!

Brenda

This is my favorite, quick receipe. I got it out of a Kraft magazine. It is easy and so good. I have been known to snack on it as I make it. This is one that I get ask about a lot. I just don't tell them know how easy it is. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Apple Crumble

Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 30 min
Makes: 8 servings

tub (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Honey Nut Flavor Cream Cheese Spread
64 NILLA Wafers, crushed (about 2-2/3 cups)
8 small apples, peeled, chopped
1/4 cup sugar
4 tsp. ground cinnamon



PREHEAT oven to 400�F. Mix cream cheese spread and crushed wafers with fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. (Do not over mix.)
TOSS apples with sugar and cinnamon until evenly coated. Spoon evenly into 8 (4-oz.) custard cups or a 1-qt. casserole dish; sprinkle with the crumb mixture.
BAKE 15 to 20 min. or until crumb mixture is lightly browned and fruit is tender. Serve warm. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.

Top with ice cream or cool whip.

Ok. this is a silly one but I love it. Think I might have it when I get off the computer.

Dice one apple (no peel) and put into bowl. Pour steaming hot oatmeal over top and let sit 1 minute. Add brown suger, milk and enjoy. I love this. My husband who's not a big fan of fruit also enjoys it.

This recipe is one that we learned to make in Home Economics back when I was a kid in the 70's.. It's probably from Betty Crocker or something like that but here in this little town we all loved it.. Now every Christmas I have to make this for my family. We make it for reunions and get togethers and I never have any left to take home.. it's really good and easy to make.

Fruit Salad Pie

BASE mixture
1 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 c. cold water
1/2 tsp. redfood coloring
1/2 tsp. citric acid or fruit fresh (citric acid is available in pharmacies and used to be used for canning tomatoes and such) Fruit fresh tends to make it a bit cloudy but works as well.

FRUIT Mixture
1 banana, diced
1/2 apple, diced
1 med. size can pineapple tidbits, drained well
1/4 c. pecans, chopped

1 container Cool Whip
1 Graham Cracker Crust
Procedure

Combine cornstarch, sugar and salt in med. saucepan. Add 1 1/2 c. cold water and mix well. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly to prevent lumps.. When it starts to boil..cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and add red food coloring and citric acid. Set aside to cool then prepare the fruit mixture.
Dice banana, apple and add pineapple and pecans. Add this mixture to the cooled mixture and place all in a graham cracker crust. Chill. Before serving top with Cool Whip. This is a wonderful pie and can be made to look more like Christmas by scattering a few green and red colored maraschino cherries on top of cool whip at serving time..or other holidays by putting holiday colored cherries or decor on top of cool whip as serving.. Enjoy!

I'm a native upstater, so I practically grew up on apples (there's a U-Pick orchard within 5 miles of any given place in the Finger Lakes, as far as I can tell).

I love spiced apple cider.... the REAL apple cider, not that pasteurized stuff. I like to leave a couple of gallons in the back of the fridge until they turn a little bit, for that nice nip of hardness. Spiced cider is easy: throw a couple of cinnamon sticks, a few cloves, a dash of fresh grated nutmeg and a couple of slices of fresh ginger in a pot with some apple cider. Let it cook on a very low flame for about 30 minutes (you can heat it longer if you want) and pour it into cups through a strainer. Serve with a cinnamon stick.

My other favorite is baked apples. Some people peel them, but I like to leave the skin on and only take out the core. Set them down in a pan (A loaf pan works well) and stuff the centers about halfway full with butter. Then sprinkle in some cinnamon and fill the rest of the way with brown sugar. Add one more little dot of butter on the top, and sprinkle very lightly with ginger and nutmeg. I'm sorry I don't have exact measurements, I learned this one from my Grandma, a lifelong upstater (our family goes back many generations in the Ithaca/Aurora area). Bake the apples in the oven at 350 or so for about 30 minutes. When they're brown and looking like they're getting towards collapse, take them out. Most of the butter and sugar will have melted to the bottom of the pan, spoon it out over the apples. Make sure you have a low-fat dinner, because.... yeah.

Thanks for the recipes! I can't wait to try them all!

Boy, all these recipes are making me hungry!

I agree with you Brenda. Next fall I plan to use the cider recipe. There are apple and pear trees in the surrounding area. I usually trade berries for them. Now I have one more recipe. All of the recipes are mouthwatering.

Thanks,

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