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Showing posts with label apple. Show all posts

GLUTEN FREE CARAMEL APPLE PIE

Thanks to Pillsbury Gluten Free Pie Crust, my hubby enjoyed this delicious apple pie!!!

Divide the dough in half. Roll each piece between 2 sheets of wax paper into 2 circles.

Filling Recipe:
5 CUPS SLICED & PEELED APPLES (I used Honeycrisp & Gingergold)
1 C. LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
6 TABLESPOONS CORNSTARCH
1 TSP. CINNAMON
1/4 TSP. SALT
1 TABLESPOON DICED BUTTER

PRESS FIRST CRUST INTO PAN. MIX ALL FILLING INGREDIENTS WELL AND POUR INTO CRUST. DOT WITH BUTTER. TOP WITH SECOND CRUST. FLUTE SIDES-CUT SOME SLITS. BRUSH WITH 1 BEATEN EGG AND SPRINKLE WITH COARSE SUGAR. BAKE ACCORDING TO PILLSBURY PIE CRUST DIRECTIONS! SERVE WITH VANILLA or DULCE DE LECHE ICE CREAM, CARAMEL AND WHIPPED CREAM!

Butterfinger Apple Blondies with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting

HAVE YOU BEEN APPLE PICKING? GRAB TWO APPLES AND MAKE THESE SIMPLE AND DELISH BARS!

APPLE BLONDIES

1 stick (4 ounces) butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large apples, peeled and chopped into tiny pieces
4-5 mini butterfingers, chopped

Preheat oven to 350º. Line 8 x 8 inch pan with nonstick foil.

Cream butter and sugar. Add egg. Add all dry ingredients. Fold in apples and butterfingers.

Spread into pan and bake 25-27 minutes until golden. (Second time I made these mine baked 10 minutes longer for a total of 37 mins so watch the baking time) Cool and cut into bars. CLICK HERE FOR FROSTING RECIPE.

BAR RECIPE ADAPTED FROM MY BAKING BUDDY LIZ AT THAT SKINNY CHICK CAN BAKE

Apple Pie That is....TO DIE FOR!

CRUST: (adapted from Ina Garten)
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) very cold butter
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup very cold crisco
6 to 8 tablespoons (about 1/2 cup) ice water

Directions:
Dice the butter and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the flour mixture. Place the flour, salt, And sugar in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse a few times to mix. Add the butter and shortening. Pulse 8 to 12 times, until the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, pour the ice water down the feed tube and pulse the machine until the dough begins to form a ball. Dump out on a floured board and roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Cut the dough in half. Roll each piece on a well-floured board into a circle, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough to make sure it doesn't stick to the board. Fold the dough in half, place in a pie pan, and unfold to fit the pan. Repeat with the top crust after filling.

Filling Recipe:
5 CUPS SLICED & PEELED APPLES (I used Honeycrisp & Gingergold)
1 C. LIGHT BROWN SUGAR
6 TABLESPOONS CORNSTARCH
1 TSP. CINNAMON
1/4 TSP. SALT
1 TABLESPOON DICED BUTTER

PRESS FIRST CRUST INTO PAN. MIX ALL FILLING INGREDIENTS WELL AND POUR INTO CRUST. DOT WITH BUTTER. TOP WITH SECOND CRUST. FLUTE SIDES-CUT SOME SLITS. BRUSH WITH 1 BEATEN EGG AND SPRINKLE WITH COARSE SUGAR. BAKE AT 425 FOR 25 MINUTES AND THEN AT 350 FOR 40 MORE MINUTES! SERVE WITH VANILLA or DULCE DE LECHE ICE CREAM AND WHIPPED CREAM!

DEEP DISH CARAMEL APPLE PIE CRUMB CAKE

MAKE CARAMEL AHEAD OF TIME (CAN BE REFRIGERATED FOR DAYS!!!) CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE!

Crust & Topping:
2 cups all purpose flour (To make it Gluten Free, I used CUP 4 CUP flour)
1 cup light brown sugar
2 sticks butter, soft (16 Tablespoons)
1 tsp. cinnamon

FILLING:
5 POUNDS APPLES (I like honeycrisp & Fuji)-peeled, cored and sliced thinly
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
Toss apples, cinnamon and lemon juice in a huge bowl.

Press 2/3 crumbs into a 9" springform pan. Press along the bottom and 1 inch up the sides. Fill with apples. It will be packed high!!! Sprinkle on rest of crumbs as a crumble. Lay on a baking sheet lined with foil and bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 mins. Run a knife around the edges and keep in the pan. Drizzle the top with salted caramel and let cool completely before removing the springform sides. Serve with the extra caramel for drizzling and whipped cream!

Apple, raspberry and pecan muffin cake + "The Great Australian Bake Off"

After the disappointment with American version of “The Great British Bake Off” I wasn’t sure I would watch “The Great Australian Bake Off”, but when I read that Dan Lepard would be one of the judges I immediately changed my mind: I’m a huge fan of his amazing recipes, each and every one of them I have tried so far turned out delicious. The other judge is Kerry Vincent and the woman is merciless

Patchwork strawberry & apple pie

As if being a cookbook junkie wasn’t enough, I’m hooked on food magazines as well – Donna Hay, Gourmet Traveller and Delicious Australia are my favorites, but there are others I adore, too, and use very often. BBC Good Food always comes with delicious recipes from people like Mary Berry and James Martin, and the photos are beautiful (I highly recommend a visit to the magazine’s website).

Apple and blueberry crumble cake + a movie that could be about my own life

My dear friend Valentina introduced me to Nigel Slater years ago and I instantly became a fan: his simple way of cooking produces absolutely delicious food and he does it in a way that anyone watching him feel they can do it, too – to me, it’s like watching Nigella around the kitchen: it’s never intimidating. They have similar names and similar styles, and they both call themselves cooks, not

Apple and polenta cake + a surprise from Cannes

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Apple and marzipan rolls + an interesting read

One of my favorite things to do is reading about how movies are made and especially how directors and actors are chosen for each project; there are characters impossible to imagine being played by someone else – can you picture Tom Selleck as Indiana Jones? – while with others I would have taken a different route: for instance, I would have chosen Vanessa Williams to play Storm instead of Halle

CARAMEL AND CHOCOLATE DIPPED APPLES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Caramel, chocolate and apples! A perfect combination for Valentine's Day!! This apple was a special request by my son for his teacher

First, we head into some melted caramel!

Next, the apple takes the plunge into some melted chocolate!

Quickly, add your sprinkles before it sets!!!!

Add a bow & you're all set!

Melt some Kraft caramel squares or bits in a microwave safe bowl with a splash of heavy cream. Stir smooth.

Insert a wooden stick into your apple and dip it in the caramel. Make it smooth and lay on wax paper or a silpat sprayed with Pam. Set in fridge to firm up.

Now, melt some chocolate disks in the microwave. Plunge the apple in and immediately add sprinkles. Let set. Add bow and package it up!

sprinkles, from ABC Cake Decorating Supplies(FACEBOOK)

(ORDER HERE ON THEIR WEBSITE)

APPLES STUFFED WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM & HOMEMADE CARAMEL SAUCE!

AN APPLE..... CORED OUT, STUFFED WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM AND TOPPED WITH HOMEMADE CARAMEL SAUCE? UMMMM, YESSSS! BRING IT ON!

CARAMEL SAUCE:

1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup heavy cream
Add sugar and water into a saucepan over low heat. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Once sugar has dissolved increase heat to high. Swirl the pan to keep the mixture moving. As the mixture darkens to a medium amber color, approximately 5-7 minutes add butter and cream carefully to the pan. The mixture will bubble wildly. Set aside and let cool to room temp.

START BY CORING OUT YOUR APPLE AND STUFFING IT WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM. POUR ON THE SAUCE WITH A HEAVY HAND!!!

caramel adapted from Bakers Royale

CHOCOLATE DIPPED APPLE MEETS CONVERSATION HEARTS!

INSERT A LOLLI STICK INTO AN APPLE AND DIP IN YOUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE THAT YOU MELT IN THE MICROWAVE! DIP THE APPLE AND LAY ON WAX PAPER. WHILE THE CHOCOLATE IS WET, STICK ON THE HEARTS AND TOP WITH A WHITE CHOCOLATE DRIZZLE!

Dulce de leche apple pies

When it comes to fruit desserts I need no convincing: I'll choose them over chocolate ones any day. Therefore, I got really curious when I saw the recipe for these pies: apple and dulce de leche together? Would that work? I don't think apple pies need any embellishment, but the idea of adding ddl intrigued me too much and I had to try it - what can I say? Delicious Australia was right again,

Apple, berry, almond and chocolate crumble

Since almonds, berries and apple worked so beautifully in tart form, I could not wait to try this crumble: all those flavors combined without the need of making pastry – not that I don’t like making pastry, I actually enjoying it very much, but when the need for something sweet is urgent there’s no time for chilling pastry. :D

I was also very intrigued by the addition of chocolate to the

Molasses and caraway apple muffins

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Apple berry almond tart, baking failures and "Munich"

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Baked apple and maple doughnuts

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While that doesn’t

Apple kuchen

The idea was to make Nigella’s apple and blackberry kuchen, but my stash of frozen blackberries was long gone (and to be honest I don’t even remember what I used the berries for). Therefore I made an apple and only apple kuchen, with a sprinkling of slivered almonds, which turned out delicious, moist and tender, adjectives very commonly associated to Ms. Lawson’s recipes; I hope the mail is

Apple, pecan and gingerbread loaf + "Top Chef"

There are shows and series I adore but never have the time to watch; “Top Chef” is one of them – I watched the first season back in the day but then never got to watch the following seasons, therefore it’s been wonderful to watch the reruns at Sony for the past months.

* spoilers – seasons 1 through 7 *

Apart from Howard, which I thought truly deserved winning “Top Chef”, I did not like all

Cream cheese apple cake - the most tender cake I've ever seen + another great movie

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