What To Do With Apples?

zippychick

ive merged this with our main apples thread

what about apple pie or apple cake?

Zip

Mojoworking

Hi, I'm sorry to bother everyone, but I was wondering if anyone had some quick ideas of what to do with apples that are getting past their best.

It's just when banana's are on the way out I do a banana bread - does anyone have an easy equivalent for apples please?

Thank you in advance

kittycat204

this just came through on twitter
http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/articles/apple-puddings

Apple cake
Ingredients
2 eggs
250ml vegetable oil
400g caster sugar
275g plain flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
500g cored, peeled and diced apple

Preparation method
1.
Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Lightly grease and flour a 20x30cm cake tin.
2.
Beat vegetable oil and eggs until foamy. Add the sugar, flour, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda, salt and vanilla; mix well. Stir in the diced apples. Spoon mixture into prepared tin (it will be very thick).
3.
Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cake in tin for 10 minutes before removing.


Apple and Almond cake
5 eatting apples
175g light muscovado sugar
175g muesil
225g sr flour
55g ground almonds
2 tsp mixed spice
225g butter melted
1 egg
2 tablespoons demerara sugar

Pre heat oven 180 c gas 4
8 inch tin
Peel, core dice 3 apples
Mix muscovado sugar, muesil, flour, almonds, spices
Stir in melted butter beaten egg into dry ingredients
Tip half cake mix into tin, press down
Put diced apple on top add rest of mixture
Slice the other 2 apples cores with skin on and arrange on top
Press down sprinkle with demerara sugar
Bake for 35 - 40 mins
Leave to cool in the tin
Sprinkle with icing sugar


http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/apple_fudge_cake_04008

Pink.

This thread should give you some ideas:

What To Do With Apples?

I'll add your thread to that one later.

Pink

Mojoworking

WOW - there is everything on here - thank you x

babyshoes

My usual is crumble. Make a batch in foil containers and freeze part- or un-baked, then they can go from the freezer into a low oven for about 40-60 mins while you're cooking the rest of your meal on a night when you fancy a pudding. Put the oven up at the end to brown the top if needed, or if it is already getting too brown use a bit of foil. Serve with cream or custard.

SpikyHedgehog

Depending on how many we have... If we've got a couple, I'll do apple pancakes - cut the apples up small and add to american pancake mix. I use an egg free mix, can't remember where I got it from...

1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
cinnamon to taste
Mix together.

Add 1 cup of milk (I use soya)
1 tablespoon oil
2 chopped apples

Stir well, cook in tablespoons in frying pan.

If I've got a lot, I do stewed apple and freeze it in usable blocks.

kettlenic

Apple butter = divine on porridge, crumpets etc and done in the slow cooker

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/11/slow-cooked-apple-butter.html

katyboo123

I have, very kindly, been given a shed load of apples. I have two of the large Next carrier bags half full of them. I'd say a good few kilos. I have no idea what to do with them as my OH doesn't like cooked fruit... and I am a Weight Watcher... so I was thinking of doing something that I could give as Christmas presents out of them?

Maybe I could make crumbles and freeze them in those silver trays you get (like a chinese take out), make some nice labels and then give them to my family at Christmas? Kind of like how you'd buy them from a farm shop?

Or, what about preserves, like Apple Jam (does that even exist?!)

grandmasam

Morning katyboo
Apple chutney
Apple and date chutney
Apple and ginger jam
Marrow and apple jam
These are easy to make and are lovely christmas presents.Hope this helps!
Caz