Amish Outdoor Cookbook
Amish Cookbook- Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People II
Healthy Choices Cookbook from the readers of Keepers at Home Magazine
Also make Dutch Apple Bread and Apple Butter Spread!
If you are looking for something different recipe ideas to try with apples this year, consider these easy recipes for outdoor and indoor cooking. Recipes come from Amish and Mennonite cookbooks courtesy of Cottage Craft Works .com
Baked Apples on the Grill
4 med. Tart apples cord
1/3 c. raisins
¼ c. coconut
¼ c. walnuts
½ c. packed brown sugar
Place each apple on a 12” square piece of heavy-duty foil. Combine all of the remaining ingredients; spoon into the center of the apples. Fold the foil over the apples and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until the apples are tender. Yield: 4 servings
Recipe from: Outdoor Cookbook
Dutch Oven Apples
½ c. butter
¾ c. brown sugar
½ tsp. salt
¾ c. apple juice
1 Tbsp. vinegar
3 c. apple slices
4 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/3 c. apple juice
Melt butter in an 8” Dutch oven. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon and salt; stir until smooth. Mix in the ¾ cup apple juice, vinegar and apple slices. Cook until the apples are soft. Thicken with cornstarch dissolved in 1/3 cup apple juice. Serve warm. Apples are also good with pancakes. Top with whip cream.
Recipe from: Outdoor Cookbook
Apple Dumplings
4 c. pastry flour
½ c. white sugar
1 c. Crisco
1 egg
Milk
½ t. salt
Cinnamon Mixture:
1 c white sugar + 2 t. Cinnamon
Mix first 3 ingredients like pie dough, put egg in 1 c. and fill with milk. Beat slightly and pour most of this into flour mixture, till right consistency. Roll dough out into 3/8” thick and cut in squares. Place half of an apple in center of dough. Fill apple center with 1 t. sugar cinnamon mixture. Moisten edges of dough and pinch shut. Place in cake pans. Pour caramel sauce over top and bake at 400°, till tender.
Carmel Sauce:
1 c. water, 1 c. brown sugar, ¼ t. cinnamon, and 2 T. butter. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 minutes (The last procedure in the recipe)
Dutch Apple Bread
½ cup butter + 1 cup raw honey + 2 eggs + 1 tsp. vanilla: cream together
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour + 1 tsp. baking soda: stir together adding in ½ cup buttermilk
Fold in: 1 cup chopped, peeled apples and ¼ cup chopped nuts
Spread into a greased bread pan.
Topping:
½ cup whole wheat pastry flour + 2 Tbsp. honey + 2 Tbsp sucanat (sweetener) + ½ tsp. cinnamon + 2-1/2 Tbsp. butter
Crumble together on top of loaf and bake 350° until browned and springy, test with toothpick done.
Recipe from: The Keepers at Home Healthy Choices Cookbook
Apple Butter
This will make a large batch, Downsize recipe as needed
3 gal of apples cut up
1 gal light Karo Syrup
8 lbs sugar
Cook together for 3 hours, convered. Do not take lid off while cooking. Put through sieve. Add cinnamon to taste. Put into jars and seal.
Recipe From: Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People II
More-ish Apples
4 apples + ¼ cup peanut butter + ¼ cup honey
Mix honey and peanut butter. Spread in core (holes) in apple halves. Enjoy!
Recipe from: The Keepers at Home Healthy Choices Cookbook
