Apple And Cornflake Thingy

CupOfChai

Does anyone know how to make that thing I used to have in school which was basically chopped apple and cornflakes, sort of cooked somehow, and served with custard? Does anyone even know what I'm talking about?

Sorry, I searched but couldn't find anything about it. While we're here does anyone have any other cool ideas of things that I can do with this massive amount of apples, which isn't pies, cakes, crumbles, juices (nothing to juice with), or things that go in jars (no jars), please?

Bigjenny

Is this recipe any good http://www.schoolrecipes.co.uk/index.php/school-dinner-recipes/34-desserts-puddings/85-toffee-apple-tart.html

CupOfChai

Thanks, I might be able to adapt part of it to try and work out how to make this thing, but it wasn't a tart. It was just the chopped apple and cornflakes mixed together. I'm fairly sure it was cooked but I've no idea how or if anything else was added.

2childmum

No ideas really but watching this thread with interest. I have spent October peeling and chopping apples and trying to find things to do with them. All I can add to your list is Eve's pudding (which if we are honest is just another sort of cake) and putting them in pork casserole. I have also frozen quite a lot - I sliced loads and put them into a saucepan of water with some lemon juice added and when it was full brought them to the boil, then drained then and spread them on a clean tea towel to cool. Then open froze them on trays covered in baking paper. After trial and error this seemed to be the way which worked best for me.
I also cut every cake I made in half and froze it.

Am rather pleased that the tree is now empty and I can bake something which does not contain apples!

DigForVictory

It isn't your old school friend & doesn't include apples, but the cornflake thing rung a bell
http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/09/29/almost-florentines-96p-for-10-enormous-chewy-treats/

juliettet

I used to help the dinnerladiies at lunch time. It was stewed apple with a topping of cornflakes stirred through with sugared water and left to dry. It was served with custard at our school.

CupOfChai

Juliettet - yay that sounds like it! Thanks, I'll try that.

sm1971

I've done it with apples underneath and cornflakes mixed with a bit of butter and golden syrup (bit like flapjack) before putting on top then baking. Seem to remember I got the recipe from my Winnie the Pooh cookbook and it was called apple crisp. Will see if I can dig out the recipe.

Chris25

juliettet wrote: »

I used to help the dinnerladiies at lunch time. It was stewed apple with a topping of cornflakes stirred through with sugared water and left to dry. It was served with custard at our school.

I've never heard of it - so could you just use frosties?

CupOfChai

You probably could use frostie ones. I'm planning to try it with Crunchy Nut cornflakes now .

Definitely going to make some more Eve's Puddings too, I love that. And I have a vague plan for A Concoction involving apple, bacon, and cheesy cobbler topping.

Spendless

I've never heard it or even seen it in RL but it rang a bell because in a fav old book from my childhood I still have the characters are rolling apples and cake with cornflakes to make something. Unfortunately it doesn't give the whole recipe. When I saw the reference to 'apple crisp' and a child's cookbook, I knew I also had a recipe called the same in my Magic Roundabout book, so dug it out. Isn't the same one as it doesn't use cornflakes. Does use slices of bread. God bless the 1970s when everyone was filled on bread for whatever meal.:D