Produce: Refrigerate or Room Temp?

FB Source: Julie Morgan

One-Bowl Apple Cake

FB Source: Gabriele Lanhan

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 heaping teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup oil
6 medium Gala or Fuji or Honey Crisp apples
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. 
2. In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, cinnamon and oil. 
3. Peel and slice the apples and add to mixture in bowl (coating as you go to keep apples from turning brown.) 
4. Mix together the baking soda and flour and add to the ingredients in the bowl. 
5. Mix well (best with a fork) until all of the flour is absorbed by the wet ingredients. 
6. Pour mixture into a greased one 9x13 or two 9″ round pans. 
7. Bake for approximately 55 minutes.

This cake is so moist and rich and just perfect for this time of year. (and easy to make!)

Apple Cinnamon Water

FB Source: Doc Taylor

Ingredients:
1 Apple thinly sliced
1 Cinnamon Stick

Directions:

1. Drop apple slices in the bottom of the pitcher and then the cinnamon sticks, cover with ice about 1/2 way up then add water.
2. Drink 8 oz before each meal.

Boost your metabolism naturally with this ZERO CALORIE Detox Drink. Put down the diet sodas and crystal light and try this out for a week. You will drop weight and have TONS ON ENERGY! Sounds yummy!

Nature's Flu Shots

FB Source: Cabria Roberts Culp

Gorgonzola, Apple, Cherries, Pecans & Bacon Salad with Sweet Balsamic Dressing

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Original Source: http://www.sweetlittlebluebird.com/2013/03/my-most-requested-salad-recipe.html

Ingredients:

Salad:

1 bag spring salad mix
1 bag romaine
3 oz bag of Oscar Mayer real bacon (or make your own) 
1/2 cup dried cherries or cranberries
1 large granny smith apple, chopped
1/2 cup toasted pecans or almonds
5 oz Gorgonzola or blue cheese crumbled

Mary's Sweet Balsamic Dressing:

1/2 cup vegetable oil or canola
1/3 cup sugar
3 Tbsp good balsamic vinegar
1/8 tsp dry mustard (or a little squeeze of yellow or Grey Poupon mustard)
Few twists of fresh cracked pepper or 1/8 tsp of reg ground pepper

Directions:
Salad:

Clean lettuce, place in large bowl, and top with ingredients. Toss.

Dressing:

Whisk all the ingredients together, until sugar and oil are blended. It takes a few minutes for the oil and sugar to blend. Keep whisking... it will blend.

Tips:

• You can add more or less of each ingredient - do what you prefer. 
• To toast almonds or pecans, place in skillet on medium high heat, stirring until they are toasted.
• If you plan on serving entire salad, go ahead and add dressing a little at a time, blending until you reach desired amount. If not, keep dressing separate and add individually.
• Serve with grilled chicken tossed on top for a meal.

Grandma's Apple Crisp

Source: John Hammer

Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 cups apples - peeled, cored and chopped
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch square pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, oats, flour and butter. Mix until crumbly. 
3. Place half of crumb mixture in pan. Spread the apples evenly over crumb mixture. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and top with remaining crumb mixture.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

Hot Apple Dumplings

Source: Easy Recipes, Healthy Eating Ideas

Ingredients:
2 Granny Smith apples
1 cup water
1 cup sugar divided
1 stick butter
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
8 canned biscuits (I use Pillsbury buttermilk)
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Peel, core and slice apples vertically into 8 slices each. Cover with cold water to keep them from getting brown while you prepare the rest of the recipe. 
2. In a medium saucepan, mix the water, 3/4 cup of the sugar, butter and vanilla over heat and bring mixture to a boil. 
3. Separate each biscuit in half. Wrap biscuit dough layer around a slice of apple, stretching it to slightly overlap and seal the bottom.
4. Place the wrapped slices sealed side down in a 9 X 13 baking pan. Pour the hot sugar mixture over the apple slices. 
5. Mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle over the tops of the wrapped apples. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream!

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How to Make Hot Pink Candy Apples (or any other color!!)

Heather Pettit

Ingredients:

6-8 medium apples (washed, dried & stems removed)**

3 cups of white sugar

½ cup light corn syrup

1 cup water

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 Tbsp white food coloring (I recommend AmeriColor Bright White Soft Gel Paste)

1-2 tsp. of you color of choice - the more color you use, the brighter the apples will be!)

Candy Apple Sticks (or craft sticks or short dowels)

Other things you'll need:

Cookie Sheet

Non-stick Spray

Heavy Duty Boiler or Sauce Pan

Candy Thermometer

Rubber Spatula

Directions:

1. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, and water in a heavy boiler (sauce pan). Turn on medium to high heat and let the mixture come to a boil.
2. Be sure to have a candy thermometer inserted into the mixture but not touching the bottom!
3. Let the candy come to 302°F (hard crack stage). This will take about 20 minutes. There's no need to stir or disturb the mixture while it heats... just be patient!
4. While that's going on... make sure your apples are ready (washed, dried, and on the sticks!), then spray a cookie sheet with non-stick butter spray. The "butter" flavor isn't necessary, but butter makes everything better, right?
5. When the candy reaches 302°, immediately remove it from the heat and use a rubber spatula to stir in the vanilla (or other flavor). Then add the white gel paste and whatever color you want the apples to be... for me it was pink (and later on, orange.. but that was two different batches!). Stir it gently to get the color evenly incorporated.
6. You'll want to work quickly because the candy will start to cool immediately. As soon as the colors are evenly mixed in, begin dipping your apples.
7. I like to tilt the pot to get them really well coated, then let the excess drip off for a few seconds. After they're dipped, I set them on the buttered cookie sheet to harden. Be careful!!! This sugar is HOT and it will hurt you if you touch it!!

It will only take a couple of minutes and the candy will be hard and ready to eat! They keep well at room temperature for 2-3 days but do not refrigerate... they will get super sticky! 

** I used rather large Granny Smith Apples. I love the tartness of the green apples, but I wish they had been smaller. They were hard to wrap and I wasn't able to dip as many as the recipe indicated!

Mini Caramel Apples

Mommies That Stay at Home

 Mini caramel apples
(So cute for the kids.)

Overnight Slow Cooker Oatmeal

Carly Gill

Want breakfast tomorrow without lifting a finger?

Ingredients:
2 sliced Apples

1/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 tsp Cinnamon

Pinch of Salt

2 cups Oats

2 cups Milk

2 cups Water

Directions:

1. Place apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in the bottom of the crock pot.
2. Pour in oats, milk and water. Do NOT stir. 
3. Cook overnight for 8 - 9 hours on low.

Best Apples to Use

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Miracle Drink

The Unknown; but not hidden.

MIRACLE DRINK ... KILLS CANCER CELLS TOO.....MUST READ :

++This MIRACLE DRINK has been circulating for a long time long ago.It is worth your while to take note. There is a celebrity Mr. Seto who swears by it. He wants to make it public to draw the attention of people who have cancers. This is a drink that can protect bad cells forming in your body or it will restrain its growth! Mr. Seto had lung cancer.

He was recommended to take this drink by a famous Herbalist from China. He has taken this drink diligently for 3 months and now his health is restored ,and he is ready to take a pleasure trip. Thanks to this drink! It does not hurt for you to try.

It is like a Miracle Drink! It is simple.

Ingredients:
1 beet root,

1 carrot

1 apple 

Wash the above, cut with the skin on into pieces and put them into the juicer and immediately you drink the juice. You can add some lime or lemon for more refreshing taste.

This Miracle Drink will be effective for the following ailments:

1. Prevent cancer cells to develop.It will restrain cancer cells to grow.
2. Prevent liver, kidney,pancreas disease and it can cure ulcer as well.
3. Strengthen the lung, prevent heart attack and high blood pressure.
4. Strengthen the immune system
5. Good for the eyesight, eliminate red and tired eyes or dry eyes
6. Help to eliminate pain from physical training, muscle ache
7. Detoxify, assist bowel movement, eliminate constipation.Therefore it will make skin healthy & LOOK more radiant. It is God sent for acne problem.
8. Improve bad breath due to indigestion, throat infection,
9. pain
10. Assist Hay Fever Sufferer from Hay Fever attack.

There is absolutely no side effect. Highly nutritious and easily absorbed.Very effective if you need to loose weight.You will notice your immune system will be improved after 2 week routine.

Please make sure to drink immediately from the juicer for best effect.

++Stacie's Notes: As with any and ALL posts on my site, I am only reposting this. I have not had this information evaluated or checked for authenticity. Proceed at your own risk, and be wary of anything that makes such claims until you have investigated this information for yourself. ;)

Homemade Apple Slices On-the-Go

Ginny Taylor

Those packages of pre-sliced apples you can buy at store are great for a healthy snack on the go but the price can add up. Make your own by slicing apples, soak in cold water for 3-5 minutes, then soak in a lemon-lime carbonated soda (such as 7-up or sprite) for 3-5 minutes. Divide into snack size portions and store in Ziploc bags in the fridge. The lemon-lime soda will keep the apples from browning and make them last longer. LOVE THIS IDEA!

Caramel Apples

Theother Carolyn Grady

Ingredients:

14 oz bag of individually wrapped caramels

1-2 Tbsp of milk or water

5-6 medium apples

Directions:

1. Unwrap the caramels and place them in a microwave-safe bowl. Add 1-2 Tbsp of water or milk and microwave for up to 3 minutes, or until completely melted, stirring after the first minute and then every 30 seconds after.
2. Hollow out your apples. You can balance the apple halves in a muffin pan. Fill will melted caramel.
3. Let the caramel harden and cut into slices!

Do u love caramel apples but hate trying to eat them? Try it this way! 

Stacie says: "I had to doctor the info on this one, because there weren't very clear instructions on how much of this or that. One person tried it with JUST the caramels melted, but they were too hard to chew after the caramel sauce had hardened back up in the apples. After looking for more info, I found that when people DIP the apples in caramel, the recipes call for just a little bit of liquid to be added TO the caramel squares."

Peanut Butter Cheese Ball

Peggy Tackett Wicker

Ingredients:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (not all-natural)
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanut butter chips
Graham cracker sticks, teddy grahams, and/or apple slices for dipping

Directions:

1. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until blended.
2. Spoon onto a large piece of plastic wrap; bring up all four corners and twist tightly forming into a ball shape.
3. Freeze for 1 hour 30 minutes or until firm enough to keep its shape. Place peanut butter and chocolate chips in flat dish. Remove plastic wrap from ball and roll ball into morsels to completely cover, pressing morsels into the ball if necessary.
4. Place ball on serving dish; cover and freeze for 2 hours or until almost firm. (Can be made ahead. If frozen overnight, thaw at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before serving.) Serve with graham cracker sticks, teddy grahams, or apple slices for dipping or spreading.

Fresh Apple Cake

Barb Miller

Fresh Apple Cake

Ingredients:
Apples, sliced
White or yellow cake mix
1/2 C (1 stick) butter

Directions:

1. Layer your apple slices (or other fruit) at the bottom of a pan (9x11) that has been coated with non-stick spray.
2. Sprinkle on boxed cake mix.
3. Pour 1/2 cup of melted butter over the fruit and dry cake mix. Do NOT stir!
4. Bake at 350* for approximately 35-45 minutes -- it's done when it is nice and bubbly.

Mini Apple Pies

Cynthia Mastin

Filling:
Start by cutting up eight cups of apples into small 1/2 in bits.
Mix the apples with:
12 tablespoons of flour
1 1/2 cup of sugar
4 heaping teaspoons of cinnamon
1/4-1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg (depending on how much you like nutmeg...you could also leave it out)

Remaining Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of chilled butter cut into 24 equal portions.
two boxes of Pillsbury pie crusts (four chilled NOT frozen crusts)

Unroll your first pie crust and cut several circles out. Continue this until you have enough crusts. I found that a wide mouth mason jar ring worked perfectly. Line each cup of your muffin tin with a tiny pie crust. gently fill the crusts with your apple mixture. You should be able to fill until slightly mounded. and put a dab of butter on each pie. Cover as desired with left over dough. Brush with melted butter and bake at 400 for 18 to 22 minutes. Recipe makes 24 mini pies.

Mmmm!!! this one's a keeper !!Mini Apple Pies- can be done in your mini pie pans too.

Apple Fritters

Gabriele Lanham

Apple Fritters

1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup chopped apple

Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon. Stir in milk and egg until just combined. Fold in apple. Pour oil into skillet so that it is approximately 1 1/2 deep. Heat oil on high. Oil is ready when a little dough thrown in floats to top. Carefully add dough to oil in heaping teaspoons. Cook until brown, about 2 minutes, then flip. Cook another 1-2 minutes, until both sides are browned. Transfer briefly to paper towels to absorb excess oil, then transfer to cooling rack. Make glaze by stirring milk and powdered sugar together in a small bowl. Drizzle over apple fritters. Wait approximately 3 minutes for glaze to harden, then flip fritters and drizzle glaze over the other side. Best served warm.

Apple Braid

Carolyn Kraham - Pampered Chef Independent Consultant

Apple Braid

Apple Filling:
3 medium-size Granny Smith apples
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Bread:
(note: before you panic about making bread, I have done this recipe using Pillsbury Crescent Roll Dough that I simply roll out & pinch the seams closed and then proceed with the slicing - so if you don't want to make bread dough - try this shortcut!)
2 1/2 cups bread flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon instant yeast (I prefer SAF Instant Yeast)
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons vegetable oil

Glaze:
1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar, sifted
5 teaspoons whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of kosher salt
Pinch of nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Make the Apple Filling: Peel, core, and slice the apples into thin slices, then cut the slices in half. Toss the apple pieces with the sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Bake the apple filling in an 8-inch square baking pan (or 9-inch pie tin) for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside. (Note: Do not turn the oven off at this point. You will be using it to bake the finished braid.)

Make the Bread: While the apple filling is baking, begin preparing the bread dough. Mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Add the water and oil and mix the dough for 6 minutes using an electric mixer on medium-high speed.

Spray a smooth clean surface with cooking spray and turn the dough out onto the surface. Knead the dough briefly to give it a smooth surface (this will only take several turns of the dough to accomplish). Spray a rolling pin with cooking spray and roll the dough out into a large rectangle, about 12-inches by 16-inches in size. Lift onto a greased baking sheet.

Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut each side into strips about 1-inch wide down each side, leaving the center third of the dough uncut. Spread the apple filling down the middle third of the dough. Fold strips of dough into the center, crisscrossing the filling by alternating strips from each side. Lightly press ends to seal, and straighten out the braid with your hands, if necessary, to straighten.

Bake the braid in the oven for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let the braid cool for several minutes.

Make the Glaze: Whisk together the glaze ingredients in a small bowl until blended and smooth.
Brush the glaze in a thick coat over the entire surface of the apple braid while it is still cooling. Carefully transfer the braid to a cooling rack set on a baking sheet (to catch drips) to finish cooling and prevent the bottom of the braid from becoming soggy from sitting in any pooling glaze. Slice and serve.

Granny’s Apple Cobbler

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Granny’s Apple Cobbler ….

Filling:
5 cups peeled, cored, apples sliced very thin
1/2 cup white sugar or 3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Dash nutmeg, optional
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp flour
Large handful raisins, dried cranberries or cherries

Mix together sliced apples and lemon juice together. Blend sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla together. Toss raisins with flour. Mix all together and place in 9 inch pie plate or baking dish.

Topping:
2/3 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter (half a stick), room temperature

Blend and crumble over apple mixture. Bake 375 degrees F. 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cover, then bake an additional 10 minutes or until apples are cooked thru. Let cool a bit and serve. Good hot or cold… Enjoy