Deb's Gourmet Apples

Autumn Apple Cake

Deb. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:36:28 +0000

We found this delicious recipe at Cooking Light.com. It is a good simple Shaker recipe for an apple cake. Enjoy!

Apples were a popular crop at Shaker communities in New England, and residents used them in pies and cakes like this one. Use a sweet, crisp apple such as Pink Lady, Braeburn, or Sundowner in this recipe.

Yield

8 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

6.75 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 cups)

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup granulated sugar

5 tablespoons butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 large egg

1/2 cup 2% reduced-fat milk

1 cup finely chopped peeled Pink Lady apple (about 1 medium)

1/2 cup golden raisins

1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray, and dust with 1 tablespoon flour.

3. Weigh or lightly spoon 6.75 ounces flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 6.75 ounces flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer until well blended. Beat in vanilla and egg. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in apple, raisins, and walnuts. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar over cake. Cut into wedges.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

304 (31% from fat)

Fat:

10.6g (sat 5.1g,mono 2.5g,poly 2.2g)

Protein:

4.8g

Carbohydrate:

48.9g

Fiber:

1.7g

Cholesterol:

42mg

Iron:

1.7mg

Sodium:

263mg

Calcium:

106mg

Alison Ashton, Cooking Light October 2008

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How to Store Apples

Deb. — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:00:04 +0000

Alright, so you’ve picked the perfect apples and now you need to know how to store them.

In order to retain the apples best qualities, you’ll want to store them at about 32 degrees. You can do this in a garage, basement or root cellar but the best place to store your apples is a refrigerator.

One true way to shorten the life of an apple in storage, is to raise the temperature. A refrigeratior can keep the temperature consistant.

Another thing you’ll want when storing apples is humidity.   Humidity helps keep the apples from shriveling in storage.  Most refrigerators are low in humidity so store the apples in perforated plastic bags or a covered container, so that their natural humidity will be retained.

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Childrens Books About Apples

Deb. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:04:52 +0000

With the holidays closing in on us, I thought it would be a good time to list some books about apples that children will love.

It is Fall! And for one little girl, that means the special joys of visiting the Comstock Farm: choosing the reddest apples from the trees and finding the best pumpkin in the patch.
Back home, she helps her mother carve a funny jack-o’-lantern face and puts a glowing candle inside her prize new pumpkin…just in time for Halloween and an evening of lots of “trick or treats”!
5 stars
$4.99
Apples and Pumpkins

What do you do if the market is closed and you want to make an apple pie? Why you go around the world to collect the ingredients of course. First you need to take a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then it is off to England to pick up a cow for the freshest milk. Then of course you need to pick fresh apples in Vermont.
This fun book even includes a simple recipe for apple pie.
We give it five stars.
$6.99
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Have you ever eaten part of a flower? You have if you have eaten an apple! Find out how an apple grows from bud to flower to fruit–ready for you to pick! This beautiful book describes the life cycle of an apple from its initial appearance as a spring bud to that point in time when it becomes a fully ripe fruit.
We give it 5 stars
$5.99
How Do Apples Grow?

Mr. Peabody’s Apples takes place in 1949 in Happville, USA. One Saturday, Mr. Peabody, the beloved elementary school teacher and baseball coach, finds himself all alone on the baseball field. He wonders where everybody is until he sees the bat boy, Billy Little, walking toward him with a sad look on his face. Billy tells him that another student, Tommy Tittlebottom, spread a rumor that Mr. Peabody was a thief after Tommy saw Mr. Peabody taking apples twice from the local market.

Mr. Peabody then shows Tommy that what matters is the truth - not how things appear - and teaches him an unforgettable lesson about how we must choose our words carefully to avoid causing harm to others.
Outstanding 5 Stars
$19.95
Mr. Peabody’s Apples

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Mrs. Prindable’s Gourmet Apples: Dark Chocolate Delight

Deb. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:51:46 +0000

Dark Chocolate Delight
Mrs. Prindable’s Gourmet Caramel Apples, to comemmorate Halloween and all that is dark and spooky, has launched a brand new product: Dark Chocolate Delight.
This caramel apple is a dark chocolate lover’s dream! A fresh, juicy Granny Smith apple is dipped in creamy caramel, rolled in chunks of chocolate and doused in premium dark chocolate. A treat not to be missed. Net Wt. Approx. 1.25-1.5 lbs. Serves 8-10.
Can it get any better than this? I don’t think so.

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I would like to start making and selling gourmet caramel apples. The thing is, where could I sell them?

Deb. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:06:06 +0000

If make a website about them and ship them, how should I package them?

Thanks for all the help!

How about in your community, maybe door to door, outside your church, in school… Maybe you should take pics and take tehm with you, make a catalog, have people make orders and deliver them. I don't know how to ship food. sorry.

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Why are chocolate covered apples which often don’t have any caramel within 10ft of them called caramel apples?

Deb. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:06:02 +0000

Do they not realize or care that it’s false advertising and that consumers do know they’re lying?

someone keeps buying them so there gonna keep selling

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Apple Treats for Rosh Hashanah

Deb. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:24:39 +0000

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Mama Chef Has Some Ideas for Gourmet Apples

Deb. — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0000

Mama Chef - Apples, part 2

Sometimes, it’s just difficult to think creatively. We fall back into the usual - what do you do with apples? um, make apple pie of course. What else? hmmm….not sure. Here is an inexhaustive list of what you can do with your wonderful autumn apple surplus to get those creative juices flowing. I’ll have a great recipe for you tomorrow!

pie - traditional, streusel topped, cheddar topped…

baked into spicy breads, muffins, cookies, pastries, cobblers, biscuits, fritters, scones, tarts, etc..

homemade apple sauce

raw with caramel or yogurt dip or slices of cheese

apple streudel, apple brown betty,

chopped and added to green salads, chicken salads, oatmeal

sliced and cooked on grilled sandwiches or added fresh to wraps and sandwiches

stuffed with raisins/brown sugar/oats and baked

caramel-dipped apples

chopped and added to dressings for stuffing pork loin, turkey, chicken

use as a pizza topping (great paired with chicken, caramelized onions, goat cheese, fresh herbs, etc)

apple-sausage-cabbage German skillet dinner

apple butter

pair with butternut squash or potatoes/cheddar or leeks for great soups

stove-top brown sugar/cinnamon apples or apple dumplings with vanilla ice cream

apples, raisins, and rice

apple and sweet potato casserole

apple slaw

apple jelly/preserves

apple pancakes

cranberry-apple sauce

fresh apple salsa to accompany chicken

whole-wheat apple bread

Apples are so complimentary - they can be paired with cheeses, almost any meat (especially pork and chicken), fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs, cooked squash/sweet potatoes and other winter veggies, breads, you can bake ‘em into anything…and they are classic with cinnamon! It’s difficult to really go wrong, so try something new why don’t ya?

More great ideas from Mama Chef

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How to Tell When to Pick an Apple

Deb. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:49:30 +0000

Change in Color: When apples mature, the skin near the stem and at the bottom turn from green to a pale yellow.

Flavor: Taste a few slices. If an apple is not ready to pick it will have a starchy taste. If it has a crisp sweet taste it is ready to eat.

The color of the flesh: As an apple matures the apple’s starch turns to sugar and it’s flesh will turn from light green to white.

The Seed Color: Most apple seeds will change for light green to brown as they ripen.

Combine all of the factors above and you should have a harvest that is worth the picking.

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Butterfinger Caramel Apples

Deb. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:13:12 +0000

Butterfinger Caramel Apples

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Kneader’s Butterfinger Caramel Apple’s

Prepared by Chef Tami Vincent, Kneader’s

www.kneadersbakery.com

INGREDIENTS

10 Granny Smith Apples washed and at room tempeture.

2 lbs of tempered milk chocolate coins

2 lbs top grade caramel or make your own.

8 large Butterfinger candy bars crushed in a closable plastic bag

10 wooden craft sticks

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash apples and dry them. Make sure they are at room temperature so that caramel and chocolate will adhere properly to the apple. Insert stick ½ way into the apple core. Set aside.

In a glass bowl, microwave caramels for 3 minutes. Stir and microwave at 1 minute intervals until melted and caramel reaches 185 degrees.

Dip apples completely into caramel, making sure that the caramel attaches to the stick. Shake off excess caramel.

Stand apples up on a silicone mat to set. (If mat is not available spray pan release on a baking sheet)

Next add 1.5 lbs of chocolate coins to a clean glass bowl and microwave at 1 minute intervals, stirring after each interval until chocolate reaches 120 to 125 degrees.

Seed chocolate by adding additional coins and stirring chocolate until it cools to 100 degrees.

Pinch off pooled caramel on caramel apples.

Dip apples in chocolate leaving 1 inch of caramel showing at the top. Shake off excess chocolate.

Immediately roll apples in crushed butterfingers. Put on to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Put immediately into refrigerator.   The quicker you can get it cooled the more shine your apples will have.

Cut and enjoy.

This article is curtesy of ABC4 news. http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=5fb29ebe-ebc4-45d8-93bc-a05d1a1d4420

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