A-P-P-L-E-S

Recipes Courtesy Allrecipes.com

"This applesauce is delicious! I make it for my younger brother all the time and he loves it - and he hates canned applesauce!"

PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 20 Min
READY IN 30 Min
SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS
•4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
•3/4 cup water
•1/4 cup white sugar
•1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. In a saucepan, combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft.


2. Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher.

PREP TIME 15 Min
COOK TIME 4 Hrs
READY IN 4 Hrs 15 Min
SERVES 6

INGREDIENTS
•2 (1 1/2 pound) pork tenderloins
•seasoning salt to taste
•2 cups apple juice
•1/2 cup apple butter
•1/4 cup brown sugar
•2 tablespoons water
•1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


2. Season the pork tenderloins with seasoning salt, and place them in a 9x13 inch baking dish or small roasting pan. Pour apple juice over the pork, and cover the dish with a lid or aluminum foil.


3. Bake for 1/2 hour in the preheated oven. While the pork is roasting, mix together the apple butter, brown sugar, water, cinnamon and cloves. After the half hour, remove pork loins from the oven, and spread the apple butter mixture over them.


4. Cover, and return to the oven for 45 minutes to an hour, or until fork tender.

"These are the ones my grandmother used to make: warm, flaky, apple-y sweet and drizzled with a sauce that bakes right with them. These are not difficult to make, just a little time-consuming. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream."

PREP TIME 30 Min
COOK TIME 1 Hr
READY IN 1 Hr 30 Min
SERVES 6

INGREDIENTS
•1 recipe pastry for double-crust pie
•6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
•1/2 cup butter
•3/4 cup brown sugar
•1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
•3 cups water
•2 cups white sugar
•1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x13 inch pan.
   On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches. Cut into 6 square pieces. Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward. Cut butter into 8 pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce. Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples.


2. With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together. Bring up the two remaining corners, and seal. Slightly pinch the dough at the sides to completely seal in the apple. Repeat with the remaining apples. Place in prepared baking dish.


3. In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, vanilla extract and reserved butter. Place over medium heat, and bring to a boil in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Carefully pour over dumplings.


4. Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Place each apple dumpling in a dessert bowl, and spoon some sauce over the top.