Apple Maple Jam

Apple Maple Jam

3 qts. finely chopped apples        
6 c. sugar

1 c. maple syrup                        
1 t. cinnamon
½ t. allspice                                              
½ t. nutmeg
¼ t. cloves

Combine all ingredients in a large sauce pot.  Bring slowly to a boil.  Cook rapidly to jellying point.  As mixture thickens, stir frequently to prevent sticking.  Pour hot into hot jars, leaving quarter inch headspace.  Adjust caps.  Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.  Yield: about 8 half-pints.

Apple Pie Filling

Apple Pie Filling

6 lbs. apples                             
2 c. sugar

¼ c. flour                                  
1½ t. cinnamon
¼ t. nutmeg                                              
2 T. lemon juice

Wash, peel, core and slice apples.  Place sliced apples in soaking solution to prevent darkening.  Combine sugar, flour and spices.  Rinse and drain apples; stir into sugar mixture.  Let stand until juices begin to flow, about 30 minutes.  Stir in lemon juice.  Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.  Pour into can or freeze jars or plastic freezer boxes.  Seal, label, and freeze.  Yield: about 6 pints.

Cornmeal Pie Crust

Cornmeal Pie Crust

1 cup flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter (cold)
1/4 cup water (ice cold)


Whisk flour, cornmeal, and salt.  Cut in butter.  Toss mixture with a fork and add water one drop at a time. Make a ball, cover in wax paper and plastic wrap, and chill it 2-24 hours. Roll it out and use it. 

Apple Leather Chips

Apple Leather Chips 

Dry fruit leather until brittle.  These can be eaten as a snack, chopped to make toppings on cereals and puddings or reconstituted to flavor yogurt, ice cream, milk shakes, and baby cereal.  Store dried chips in airtight glass or plastic containers.

Cheddar-Apple Bread

Cheddar - Apple Bread 

½ c. sugar                                

½ c. shortening

1 egg                                       
1 (#2) can apple pie filling
2½ c. sifted flour                       
1 t. salt
1 t. soda                                   
1 t. baking powder
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese     
½ c. chopped pecans

Cream sugar and shortening together in a bowl.  Add egg, mixing well.  Beat in pie filling.  Sift dry ingredients.  Add dry ingredietns, cheese and pecans to batter.  Bake at 350F for 1½ hours.

Apple Gingerbread Cobbler

Apple Gingerbread Cobbler

 

1 c. all-purpose flour                   
¼ c. sugar
½ t. baking soda                        
½ t. baking powder
½ t. ground ginger                      
¼ t. ground nutmeg
1 slightly beaten egg                  
½ c. buttermilk
¼ c. light molasses                    
2 T. cooking oil
½ c. packed brown sugar            
¼ t. ground cinnamon
1 T. lemon juice                         
1 T. cornstarch
4 medium cooking apples, peeled, cored & sliced

For gingerbread, in large mixer bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, nutmeg, and ¼ t. salt.  Add egg, buttermilk, molasses, and oil; beat til smooth.  In medium saucepan combine apples, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, ½ cup water.  Cover and simmer for five minutes.  Combine cornstarch and one tablespoon cold water.  Stir into apple mixture.  Cook and stir til thickened and bubbly.  Pour hot apple mixture into 1½ quart casserole.  Spoon gingerbread mixture over.  Bake in 350F for 30 to 35 minutes.

Apple - Sausage - Potato Pie

Apple - Sausage - Potato Pie

½ lb. sausage                           

½ t. salt

2 sweet potatoes                       
1 T. flour
3 apples                                   
2 T. sugar
½ c. cold water                         
1 T. sausage drippings

Make small balls out of sausage ... skin potatoes ... skin apples and core ... slice.  Mix salt, flour, and sugar and stir it into water.  Fix two or three laters of the sausage, potatoes, and apples in a baking pan.  Pour some of the flour and sugar mixture over each layer.  Just use apple and sausage on the top layer.  Add the drippings and cover.  Bake for about 45 minutes in a 375F oven.