More apple recipes from Susan’s latest column.
Picking apples, apple recipes
By Susan McClanahan
Apple Chicken Salad
Although this salad recipe does not have fresh sliced apples as an ingredient, it uses dried apple chips, which add texture and flavor without having to have a fresh apple on hand to prepare this salad.
10 ounces mix of spring mix salad and chopped romaine
1/4 to 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
2-3 vine-ripened tomatoes
1-2 cooked chicken breast or about 2 1/4 cups cooked shredded chicken
2 cups apple chips
3/4 cup roasted pecan halves
1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
3/4 cup Panera Bread Fuji apple vinaigrette
Combine ingredients in a large bowl and evenly divide to serve 4 salads.
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Apple Crisp Cookies
1 pie crust
5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats, not instant
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, diced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add baking spray or grease regular muffin tin (you'll use it twice or spray two muffin tins).
Cut 24 2-inch circles out of your pie crust. If you need to gather your scraps and re-roll them to 1/4 inch thickness. Add the pie crust to the muffin tins.
In a small saucepan add the apples, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and cornstarch. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes until the apples are softened and thickened.
To make the crisp topping, combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, salt, oats and butter to a bowl and combine with either a hand mixer or pastry cutter.
Add one tablespoon of apple filling to each muffin well. Add two tablespoons of the crumble topping on top. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely before carefully removing.
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Apple Streusel Muffins
Muffin:
2 apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 cups flour
2/3 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons cinnamon
Streusel Topping:
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup brown sugar
Cinnamon for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 400. Line a muffin tin with cupcake wrappers.
In a large bowl, mix together wet and dry ingredients for the muffins until well combined. Gently stir in chopped apple. Scoop about 1/4 cup batter into each cupcake liner; the cups should be 2/3 full. Set aside
In a medium bowl, mix together ingredients for streusel topping. Spoon streusel topping on top of the batter in each muffin cup. Sprinkled enough to cover the entire top. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top of the streusel.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
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Dutch Apple Pie
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup butter, melted
Filling:
2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/4 cups cold water
4 cups chopped peeled tart apples (about 2 large)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, brown sugar, oats and butter; reserve 1-1/2 cups mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture onto bottom and up sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie plate.
In a large saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in apples and vanilla. Pour into crust. Crumble topping over filling.
Bake until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8 servings.
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Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza
I like to use peanut butter cookie dough for the crust of this delicious dessert pizza. As a convenience, you can use prepared refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough as a time saver. I'm sure the same could be said for the sugar cookie crust in this recipe.
Sugar Cookie Crust:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups flour
Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza:
2 large apples diced (about 2 cups)
1 1/2 cups club soda water
1/2 cup chopped pecans toasted
1/2 cup caramel sauce
Cream Cheese Frosting:
4 ounces package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon half-n-half, if necessary
Toffee bits
Sugar Cookie Crust: Beat the butter and shortening together. Add granulated sugar and cream together for 2 to 3 minutes until lighter in color and fluffier in texture. Mix in the egg and vanilla. Mix in the baking powder, salt and flour. Press dough into a greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 17 minutes.
Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the softened butter. Mix in powdered sugar.
Add vanilla and half-n-half, if necessary.
Assembly: Put the diced apples in the club soda water immediately after dicing them. Soak them in the water for about 3 minutes and then drain the water.
Spread the prepared cream cheese frosting (recipe above) on the cooled sugar cookie crust. Sprinkle with toffee bits. Top with the diced apples, sprinkle with chopped pecans and drizzle the caramel sauce over the top.
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