It’s fall! The leaves are a beautiful array of colors and apples are plentiful. This means apples are usually on sale in most grocery stores and being the ever diligent budget minded person I am, I start thinking of ways to use them in our meals. Besides snacking, there are numerous recipes using apples. I found a couple of great recipes online and thought I’d share. Both were easy to make and tasted wonderful!
As usual, even though most recipes are probably fine, I’ve gotta make some adjustments. I’ll be sure to include the things I changed or found might work better. This past Saturday, I made some delicious apple scones. This is the first time I’ve made scones, but they turned out to be easy to make. The recipe for Fresh Apple Cinnamon Scones can be found over at the King Arthur Flour site.
Instead of the all-purpose flour, I used fresh ground whole wheat flour. I did not use cinnamon chips as I didn’t have any, so I just left those out and didn’t do a substitution. The only other change to the recipe ingredients I did, was I used regular sugar to make the topping for sprinkling on the dough. They still tasted good, but I think the coarse sugar would have made them look prettier.
Other than those few changes, I followed the rest of the recipe exactly. The only thing I believe I’d do different next time would be to chill the dough in the freezer for 30 minutes before cutting it in wedges. I think it would have made that step easier, because I found it a little difficult to slide the wedges apart so there was 1/2 inch in between each piece. Everyone loved these and I even ate a couple another day with a glass of milk for breakfast.
The other thing I love is these can be frozen in dough form and baked when you’re ready. I read about it in the comment section below the recipe. The recipe makes two rounds, so you could always bake one and save the other for another day. Freezing this recipe would make it real convenient to have something fresh baked for breakfast, dessert, or a tasty treat for surprise company. Here are some pictures(you can see the bit of a mess I made pulling apart the wedges) :
Scone Dough Shaped in a Circle
Scone Dough Divided Into Wedges
Finished Scones Ready for Eating
Yesterday, I made a tasty and nutritious apple cranberry crisp. I was a little hesitant about the recipe I found. It is a light recipe and did not use butter, so I wasn’t sure how it was going to taste. I’m a firm believer in using butter in baking, but as I was out of butter I decided to give it a try. The recipe can be found over at My Recipes for the Apple-Cranberry Crisp.
Now for the changes, you knew they were coming. 🙂 I added 3/4 cup of crushed pineapple drained, which I mixed in with the other fruit. I sprinkled a tablespoon of lemon juice over the apples after I cut them up. Lastly, I sprinkled about 1/2 teaspoon of fresh ground cinnamon on top. The only reason I put the cinnamon on top is because I forgot to add it into the oat and brown sugar mix which gets sprinkled on top of the apple mix.
This recipe is another winner, despite my initial hesitations. It tasted so good, I did not miss the butter. The other plus of this recipe is it has a lot less sugar than crisp I have made in the past. On the down side, this can make it a little more runnier than I’m used to. I briefly thought about trying to add a little cornstarch next time, but then quickly dismissed the idea as this was so good there was nothing left after breakfast the next day. I will make this again.
Apple-Cranberry Crisp
Hope you enjoy the recipes and get inspired to make something delicious with apples… 🙂
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