Swedish Apple Nut Strip Recipes

MOM'S OLD FASHIONED SWEDISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 350℉ and grease a 9 inch springform pan. Set aside.
• Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well
• In a seperate medium bowl sift flour, salt, spices and baking soda. Stir well.
• Working in 2 batches add dry mixture to wet. Mix just until mixed making sure to scrape down sides of bowl.
• Stir in apples and nuts.
• Bake for 40 mins before adding topping.
• After 30 mins of baking add caramel topping ingredients to a small sauce pan. Heat on low until butter is melted and sauce is well blended. (Note: The sugar in the sauce doesn not have to be melted. The ingredients just need to be well incorporated.)
• Once the first 40 mins of baking is done, remove cake from oven and place springform pan onto sided cookie sheet (to help prevent any spillage from caramel sauce). Pour caramel topping evenly over the top of cake and return cake to oven. Bake for an addittional 20 minutes.
• Let cool enough to eat. Serve either warm or cool.

FLUFFY SWEDISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour pan, preferably an 8½-inch or 9-inch spring form pan.
• Sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl beat butter until light. Gradually beat in sugar until fluffy. Beat in first egg, then second egg. Beat in ¼ cup of flour mixture, then third egg. Slowly mix in remaining flour mixture, alternating with the ¼ cup of milk or water. Pour into prepared pan and smooth top.
• Peel apples; core and cut each into 6 to 8 wedges. Mix the ½ cup sugar with cinnamon. Roll apple wedges in cinnamon sugar and press wedges into cake batter all over the entire cake. Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon sugar over the top of the cake, and if desired strew a few slivered almonds over the top (optional).
• Bake approximately 1 - 1¼ hours, more or less, depending on pan size, until cake tests done when a cake tester is inserted in the center of the cake. Cool briefly, then remove from pan.

SWEDISH APPLE CAKE - APPELKAKA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Butter the bottom and sides of a 10-inch spring-form pan or cake pan. Sprinkle the crumbs in the pan, being sure to coat the bottom and sides as evenly as possible.
• In a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup sugar with butter. Add one egg at a time until all are incorporated.
• Sift together the flour and baking powder. Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the bowl until a smooth batter is formed. Pour batter into pan.
• Toss the apple slices in the cinnamon and 3 tablespoons remaining sugar, then press each one lightly into the batter to form a decorative pattern (pinwheel pattern is the prettiest). Scatter chopped almonds across the top.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

APPLE STRIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift flour, salt, and 1/4 cup sugar.
• Cut in butter and lemon rind.
• Sprinkle sour cream over mixture and mix with fork until moist enough to stick together.
• Divide dough in half. Roll out half on waxed paper to 15x10". Turn over onto ungreased jelly roll pan or baking sheet. Peel off waxed paper.
• Bake at 350 12 minutes.
• Prepare filling - mixed chopped apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and lemon juice. Spread over baked crust.
• Roll out remaining dough into 15x10" rectangle on waxed paper. Turn over onto apple filling.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• Cool, cut into 3 1/2 inch squares.

SWEDISH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• To make the cake, cream the sugar and shortening together in a mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a second bowl. Gradually stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Fold in the apples and walnuts until evenly blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
• To make the topping, place the milk, margarine, and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir to dissolve the brown sugar, and cook until the margarine melts. Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a baking sheet to prevent spillovers. Pour the topping over the cake.
• Return the cake and baking sheet to the oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool to room temperature before serving.

SWEDISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan with margarine.
• Fill 2/3 of the pan with sliced apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and 1 teaspoon sugar.
• In a medium bowl, mix 1 cup sugar with the melted margarine. Stir in pecans, flour, egg and salt. Mix well. Spread mixture over the apples.
• Bake in preheated oven for 65 minutes, or until golden brown.

SWEDISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flours, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a small bowl, whisk egg and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples and walnuts., Transfer to a 9-in. pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm.

SARAH'S SWEDISH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Place the peeled and chopped apples in the bottom of a standard pie plate. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top.
• In a small bowl mix topping ingredients and pat down on top of the apples.
• Bake at 350 for 45 min or until lightly brown.