Apple Dessert Recipes-Some Of the Most Popular
If you are like me, you will love some of these delicious apple dessert recipes. Apple desserts can go from extremely easy to outrageous. I personally prefer the easy ones, but many people just love to cook,and like to prepare something really special for their families and friends.
Some of the following apple dessert recipes are the most popular:
Apple Crisp
Ingredients:
3 pounds tart apples
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup rolled oats
4 tablespoons cold butter (1/2 stick)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Preparation:
Peel, core and chop the apples; toss in a bowl with lemon juice. In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; add to the apples and toss to combine.
In another bowl combine flour, sugar and oats. Cut butter into 8 small pieces, and cut butter into flour with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture is crumbly. Stir in the chopped nuts.
Butter a 9-inch square baking dish. Spread apple mixture in bottom of baking dish then sprinkle with flour mixture. Bake at 375° for 30 to 45 minutes, or until apples are tender and topping is lightly browned.
Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream or a little heavy cream, if desired.
Old Fashioned Apple Pie:
Ingredients:
pastry for 9-inch double crust pie
6 cups sliced and peeled tart apples
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter, cut in small pieces
Preparation:
Line a 9-inch pie pan with pastry. Mix next 8 ingredients and fill pie shell, laying apple slices flat. Dot with the butter. Roll out top crust and cut slits in several places for steam to escape. Moisten edges of crust well with cold water and adjust top crust. With fingers or fork, pinch two crusts together to make a tight seal around pie. Bake at 450° 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake 40 to 50 minutes longer.
Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
1 recipe pastry for double-crust pie
6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 cups water
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9×13 inch pan.
On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a large rectangle, about 24 by 16 inches. Cut into 6 square pieces. Place an apple on each pastry square with the cored opening facing upward. Cut butter into 8 pieces. Place 1 piece of butter in the opening of each apple; reserve remaining butter for sauce. Divide brown sugar between apples, poking some inside each cored opening and the rest around the base of each apple. Sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg over the apples.
With slightly wet fingertips, bring one corner of pastry square up to the top of the apple, then bring the opposite corner to the top and press together. Bring up the two remaining corners, and seal. Slightly pinch the dough at the sides to completely seal in the apple. Repeat with the remaining apples. Place in prepared baking dish.
In a saucepan, combine water, white sugar, vanilla extract and reserved butter. Place over medium heat, and bring to a boil in a large saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar is dissolved. Carefully pour over dumplings.
Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Place each apple dumpling in a dessert bowl, and spoon some sauce over the top.
Easy Baked Apples:
This is a basic 1-serving recipe for a baked apple, but you can use as many apples as you like, just adjust the remaining ingredients.
Ingredients:
1 large baking apple
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon raisins
2 teaspoons cinnamon candies, “red hots”
Preparation:
Carefully cut out core of apple; discard. Remove peel of apple about halfway down. Set apple in a small bowl or custard cup. Into the center of the apple, add sugar, butter, raisins, and cinnamon candies. Push mixture down into the center. Cover dish with wax paper. Microwave on HIGH for 2 to 3 minutes, until apple is tender. Let stand for 2 minutes. Makes 1 serving.
Here are some for those that want more adventurous apple dessert recipes:
Apple Walnut Crostada
Ingredients:
1 refrigerated/ready-made piecrust
Cooking spray
6 or 7 baking apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Dash of vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. butter, cut into pieces
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray and set aside. Place apples, sugar, walnuts, flour and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl and toss well.
Transfer pie crust to baking sheet. Spoon apple mixture into center of piecrust and fold up sides of pastry to capture apples and juices. Dot with butter. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Servings:
8
Prep and cook time:
1 hour 15 minutes
Ginger Churros with Caramel Apples
Recipe Provided By Chef Alexandra I. Lopez, The Food Diva
Churros:
1 cup water
½ cup unsalted butter
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. freshly grated ginger
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 eggs
3 cups corn oil
1/4 cup sugar, for dusting
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, for dusting
Directions:
In a large sauce pan bring water, butter, salt, sugar, vanilla and ginger to a rolling boil. Over low heat, vigorously stir in flour all at once for about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Using a stand mixer, beat in eggs until smooth.
Heat oil in heavy skillet. For authentic looking churros, spoon the dough into a piping bag with large star tip. Squeeze 4-inch strips of dough onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Leave at least a ¼ inch of space in between each churro. Place churros into refrigerator for at least 10 minutes to set. When ready to fry place 3 or 4 strips at a time into hot oil and cook until golden brown, turning once; about 2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels.
Caramel Apples:
4 apples, cored and sliced into thin wedges
1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tsp. fresh ginger, minced
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
¼ cup apple juice
1 quart vanilla ice cream
Directions:
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add ginger and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir in brown sugar and apple juice. After sugar dissolves, add the apples to the ginger-sugar and cook for 4 minutes or until apple are soft. Serve warm with ice cream and churros.
Servings:
8
Cook and prep time:
45 minutes
Mix sugar and cinnamon in bowl and coat churros with mixture while they are still warm. Serve with apples and vanilla ice cream.
Apple Streusel Cobbler:
Ingredients
2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling
2 large eggs
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup cold butter or margarine
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup oats
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spread apple filling in buttered 9-inch square baking pan.
In large bowl, beat eggs, sweetened condensed milk, melted butter and spices; pour over apple filling. In small bowl, combine brown sugar and flour; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Add nuts and oats. Sprinkle over top.
Bake 50 minutes or until set. Cool. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream (optional). Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.
Autumn Apple Cake
Ingredients
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
6 3/4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
1 cup finely chopped peeled Pink Lady apple (about 1 medium)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray, and dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon 6.75 ounces flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 6.75 ounces flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer until well blended. Beat in vanilla and egg. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in apple, raisins, and walnuts. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar over cake. Cut into wedges.
There are so many apple dessert recipes, that you are bound to find the perfect one for you!
