What To Do With Apples?

Butterfly_Brain

Apple sponge

Just put a layer of stewed apples in the bottom of the dish and top with a basic sponge mix (4oz flour, 3oz sugar, 2 eggs, 3oz butter) bake in the oven for 20-25 mins and serve with custard.

Apple Scone Round

8oz plain flour
½ tsp salt
2 x tsps baking powder
2oz butter or marge
2oz caster sugar
1 med sized cooking apple, peeled , cored and coarsely grated
4 tbsps milk
To Glaze
1 tbsp demerara sugar (but you can use caster sugar)
A little milk

• Sieve together flour, salt and baking powder.
• Rub in the butter.
• Add the sugar, then the grated apple and add enough milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.
• Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead lightly. (I then wrap in a little cling film and allow it to rest in the fridge for half an hour not neccessary but I find it helps )
• Roll out to an 8 inch circle and place on a greased and floured baking sheet.
• Score the scone into 8 pieces.
• Brush the top with milk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 200c/gas 6 for 20 - 25 mins or until well risen and golden brown.
• Place on a cooling rack too cool.

Rotwein44

starjumper wrote: »

It's a recipe from the river cottage preserves book by Pam the jam. Apples are chopped up into reasonably chucky pieces, a chucky bite size maybe. Looks fab, can't wait to drop this baby and pour myself a large glass!

Sounds great, must try it myself! :beer:

sammr85

I too have loads of apples, I have been making apple shortbread mmmmmmmmmmmm yummy

MummyOfTwo

ok, set aside a pile for jam making after a blackberry forage tonight, got ten litres of cider fermenting.... what else can i do with all these apples!???

Trow

Make apple curd? http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-applecurd.html?opt=rcalslow Although if eating apples they might a) need less sugar and b) need to be pureed as they won't pulp down like bramley apples.

Pink.

Hi MummyOfTwo,

This thread has loads of ideas that should help:

What To Do With Apples?

I'll add your thread to it later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

ceridwen

- Barter them for something someone else grows but you don't

- Give them away to people you know

- Put outside the gate with a notice "Help yourself".
(I actually got told by someone the other day that they had seen the first ever example of this in this part of the country:D. Admit to feeling rather cynical/"down" about the fact that I see MSE'ers reporting this happening elsewhere in the country - but had never seen any sign of it in my area till that comment the other day. Feeling a bit more hopeful about my bit of the country at last.....)

I_luv_cats

Wait for Tony Blair's next book signing!! LOL

Make some apple sauce, apple pies, apple crumbles and freeze.

smeeinnit

quick q....can you jar up applesauce in the same way as jam ie sterilise the jars and pour the hot sauce in or do they need a water bath?

MummyOfTwo

ceridwen wrote: »

- Barter them for something someone else grows but you don't

- Give them away to people you know

- Put outside the gate with a notice "Help yourself".
(I actually got told by someone the other day that they had seen the first ever example of this in this part of the country:D. Admit to feeling rather cynical/"down" about the fact that I see MSE'ers reporting this happening elsewhere in the country - but had never seen any sign of it in my area till that comment the other day. Feeling a bit more hopeful about my bit of the country at last.....)

ive never seen this either:(

thanks for all suggestions guys, i the end i have opted to increase my jam making to cover some xmas pressies, and made another batch of cider:beer: