Food: Fall Apple Treats

This week we decided to cook Fall-Apple inspired dishes. We made a delish side dish and a tasty dessert, both using apples. The first one is a single serving "baked apple pie". See below.

Baked Apple “Pies”

Ingredients:

2 large apples, I like Golden Delicious

2 tsp. brown sugar (1 tsp. brown sugar for each apple)

1tbsp honey (for each apple)

A dash of cinnamon

2 Tbsp. cool whip

 

 

Directions:

First, pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Use a paring knife to cut out the apple core and a few slices of the apple to create a “bowl” out of each apple.

On a large cutting board chop the slices of apple into little chunks. Place apple chunks in a small oven safe dish. Mix brown sugar, honey and cinnamon into the oven safe dish with the apple chunks. (You may chop a 3^rd apple if you would like more apple than cool whip).

Spray apple bowls with oil and sprinkle a dash cinnamon & brown sugar in your apple bowls.

Cook for 15 minutes or until apples are tender.

Let cool, add ½ of apple mixture into each apple then add a tbsp. of cool whip top with the rest of the apple chunks and a little more cool whip if desired.

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The side dish we made was Apple Sausage Stuffing. Mmmm.

 Apple Sausage Stuffing

Ingredients:

12 oz Apple Sausage, chopped in pieces 

(Trader Joes Apple Chicken Sausage is great)

1 bag of your favorite dried stuffing mix

1 stick butter

2 medium green apples, peeled and chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 cup rasins (optional)

1 can pinapple juice

1 cup chicken broth

1/4 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon pepper

 Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.

In large pot melt 1 stick of butter. When melted gradually add pinapple jucie and broth then stir in stuffing mix then set aside.

In large sauce pan set over medium-high heat melt 1-2 tbsp butter and saute onions. Add seasonings, apples and sausage and heat until browned. Remove from heat.

Combine stuffing and sauteed ingredients together. Add rasins.

Fill a 10 x 15 x 2 inch pan with stuffing. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake until top is lightly browned, about 15 more minutes.

Enjoy!

Until we blog again
Xoxo, Connie & Jenn