Syrupy Apples Recipes

FALL HARVEST BAKED APPLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place apples in a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, lemon juice and vanilla. Bring to a boil, and drizzle equally over apples.
• Cover with foil, and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove cover, and continue to bake for 10 minutes, or until apples are tender. Serve warm.

APPLE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/180C.
• Peel apples, then cut into 1.5cm/ 3/5" cubes.
• Place apple in a bowl. Sprinkle with flour, sugar and cinnamon, then pour over lemon juice. Toss, then spread out evenly in a 1.5 litre/1.5 quart baking dish.
• Place Topping ingredients in a bowl. Mix until clumps form, like wet sand (see video). Spread over the apples, crumbling with fingers if required to get that crumbly topping.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove, cover loosely with foil to keep warm and let stand for 10 minutes before serving (let's the apple filling come together).
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream!

APPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg and apple juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in sugar substitute.

BASIC RECIPE FOR FRESH FRUIT SYRUP

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Peel, de-stem, or remove seeds from the fruit, as appropriate.
• Place the fruit, water, and sugar into a pot.
• Cook the fruit with the sugar and water, bringing it to a boil and then lowering the heat to simmer.
• Smash the fruit while it is cooking.
• Simmer until the mixture has thickened to a syrupy consistency. This should take about 10 minutes.
• Once the mixture has thickened, you can press it through a strainer to make a thin syrup.
• If you prefer a thicker syrup, process the cooked syrup in a food processor .
• Serve with your favorite breakfast item. Enjoy!

CINNAMON APPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the apples, sugar, cinnamon and water. Stir to dissolve sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes, or until apples are soft and syrup has thickened. Serve over pancakes or ice cream.

APPLE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 9x13 dish.
• Divide dough into 6 pieces. Roll each into a 7" circle (or large enough to wrap your apples).
• In a small bowl mix 6 tablespoons butter, brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Divide over each core.
• Wrap pastry around each apple using a little bit of beaten egg to seal at the top. Pinch the sides to seal and place in prepared pan.
• Combine juice, sugar, vanilla extract, apple pie spice and remaining butter. Bring to a boil and let simmer 3-4 minutes.
• Pour over dumplings and bake about 45 minutes or until apples are soft and pastry is golden.

CINNAMON APPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine all of the syrup ingredients except for the apples. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar and melt butter.
• Boil for 1 minute then reduce heat to medium and add apples. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until apples are desired tenderness. Depending on how much moisture your apples release, you may need to stir in an additional tablespoon or so of water to reach desired consistency.
• Serve over pancakes, waffles, French toast, oatmeal or ice cream.
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

SYRUPY APPLES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add apple slices; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Stir in sugar; cook and stir over low heat for 5 minutes.

CRAB APPLE JELLY

Steps:

• Prepare your apples by washing, removing the stems and cutting off the blossom ends. You can leave whole or cut in half. If your apples come from a wild tree (ie. not sprayed), you may want to cut in half to make sure the inside is good. That's what I did.
• Place prepared apples into a large stock pot and add water, just until it just peeks through the top of the apples (if any of your apples are floating, you've got too much). Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer, without stirring, until apples are softened, 10-15 minutes.
• While fruit is simmering, place a large colander over a bowl and line with tripled-up cheesecloth, a piece of muslin or a cotton pillow case.
• When fruit is tender, pour into prepared colander and leave to drain for 2-3 hours. RESIST THE URGE TO POKE, PRESS OR SQUEEZE the pulp to get more juice. It will make for a cloudy jelly. Just let gravity do it's work and discard the pulp when draining stops.
• Measure out the amount of juice and make note of how many cups of juice you have (I got 3 cups of juice out of this basket of apples). Add the juice to a large pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring, for about 20 minutes, skimming off any foam, as necessary.
• Meanwhile, measure out sugar. You'll need 3/4 cup of sugar for every cup of apple juice that you had. (So if you had 4 cups of juice, you'll need 3 cups of sugar). Place the sugar in a stainless steel or oven-proof bowl (or on a baking sheet, alternately) and pop into a 300° oven anywhere from 5-15 minutes, stirring it around a couple of times (time in the oven will vary depending on how much sugar/oven etc., so WATCH CLOSELY. It should be hot to the touch, but not so hot it starts to melt around the edges.).
• When sugar is hot, remove from oven. Remove pot with apple juice from the heat. Stir in the hot sugar just until it is dissolved. Place the pot back on the heat and WITHOUT STIRRING, boil for 5-8 minutes, until jelly reaches 220° on a thermometer or passes the cold plate test*.
• Ladle jelly into clean jars and leave with lids off until almost cool (without moving jars around). When jelly is almost cool, seal with lids. Let stand in a sunny window, undisturbed for 24 hrs. Wax and store.