Cookbooks

One of these days I'm going to do it...write a cook book that is. I've had this idea for quite some time now. I do enough cooking and making up my own recipes that I can get enough recipes to make an entire recipe book. I'll get my children and husband to do the illustrations- now wouldn't that be a total laugh riot! I can just see it now, drawing of all kinds of things besides food. It's actually got me laughing just thinking about it.

Apples

Apples- Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, Rome, Empire, Pippin, McIntosh, Fuji, Braeburn, Winesap, Cortland and one of my newest favorites- Grâpple the apple that tastes like a grape.

But seriously with so many varieties out there for us to choose from it's hard to pick just one. So I've got some links for you all to check out.


http://www.grapplefruits.com/
http://www.applejournal.com/useall01.htm
http://www.allaboutapples.com/varieties/index.htm

Now lets look at recipes sites for apples...
http://www.bestapples.com/Recipes/
http://www.pastrywiz.com/archive/category/apple.htm
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/recipes/applerecipes.html
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/markets/commodit/horticul/apples/recipes.htm
http://www.applejournal.com/ofr.htm
http://www.nyapplecountry.com/recipes.htm
I hope you have enjoyed my little bit on apples and will try some of the various varieties the next time you are grocery shopping.

It's now September...

and with it comes cool Autumn nights, College Football, tailgate parties and my favorite...baked apples! Our daughter loves watching football with her Dad and let me tell you she has her reasons. Of course there's spending quality time with her Dad but what Hannah describes as the best part is that Mom (that's me) makes the yummiest snacks for Dad while he's watching a game and she wants in on the yummy snacks and nibbles that I bring out on trays.

Be it chips and store bought dip to my 7 layer bean dip and tortilla chips- football and snacks got hand in hand. But my favorite things to bake during this time of years is APPLES!

Apples come in so many different varieties these days and all are great to use in various ways...some make better pies, others are best of making applesauce, some are great in salads and so forth.

Here's a recipe that I received the other day from "the Daily Recipe" and on line service that sends you a new and different recipe every day (it's so cool). I love this new twist on my favorite dessert- I'm going to make it this weekend!

RECIPE: PINE-APPLE CRISP
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INGREDIENTS:
Fruit -
3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
3/4 cup pineapple preserves
2tablespoons all-purpose flour
Crumb Topping-
2/3 cp flake coconut
1/2 cup quick or old fashioned oats
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup whole almonds, chopped
vanilla ice cream (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. For fruit, slice apples into
thin rings, then cut rings into quarters. Combine pineapple
preserves and flour in mixing bowl. Add apples, tossing to
coat evenly. Pour into bottom of a 9-inch pie plate or similar
shallow baking dish. For crumb topping, combine coconut, oats,
brown sugar and flour in a mixing bowl. Microwave butter on
high for 1 minute and add to chopped almonds. Add butter and
almonds to topping ingredients; mix well. Sprinkle topping
evenly over apple mixture. Bake 30-35 minutes or until apples
are tender and topping is golden brown. Cool slightly. Serve
warm with ice cream, if desired.
Yield: 12 Servings
per serving: calories 210, fat 9g, sodium 80 mg.
Categories: Desserts, Apples
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