Apple recipes wanted. Please!

A plea for help here!

(Scroll down if you are looking for an apple recipe).

Part of the reason I loved the house I’m in so much (a small part, but not insignificant) is the apple tree that belonged to next door that blossomed right across the back of our house. We loved it so much that we begged the owner to sell us the land with the tree so that it wouldn’t get cut down when the land was developed and out of kindnes (and him a property developer too) he did.

You may have seen my recent ‘blossom’ post.

Now, I’m thinking that on the occasions that it blossoms like this we always get a bumper crop of apples. We think they are bramleys but the tree is extremely old and we can’t be sure, but they are really lovely cooking apples. Most years masses get wasted, so this year I’m going to make it my mission to try out lots of new apple recipes, particularly ones that freeze well.

So, would you mind sending me your favourite apple recipe? You can email them to me at elaine.mountfort@yahoo.co.uk, or post them (please let me know so I don’t miss them) or leave them in comments if they are simple. I’d be very grateful and if I get a few replies I will post them and share the appley love.

Now, most people who are visiting my blog for the first time probably stumbled across it because they wanted an apple recipe, so here is my favourite from the wonderful web.

Apple Dumplings With Blackberry Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

• Pastry crust for a 2-crust pie.
• 2 Tbl sugar
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 4 med baking apples, peeled and cored’
• 2 Tbls butter
• 1 eggyolk

Directions

1. Combine cinnamon and sugar in a bowl or on a plate.
2. Peel and core apples, roll them in sugar/cinnamon mixture.
3. Roll pastry into a 30×4″ Rectangle.
4. Cut lenghtwise into 4 strips.
5. Starting at the top, spiral a pastry strip around each apple, overlapping slightly, covering all but the top hole.
6. Moisten edges w/water and press edges to seal.
7. Place in baking dish, sides not touching, spoon melted buter into centers.
8. Brush w/egg yolk mixed w/2 tsp water.
9. Roll in more sugar/cinnamon.
10. Bake at 350°F, for 20 to 30 minutes.
11. Until apples are just getting soft.
12. While apples are baking: Mix a cup of blackberries, about 1/4 cup sugar (more if the blackberries are a little sour) in pan.
13. Simmer on stove top about 10 min.
14. Pour onto and into apples for the last 10 minutes of baking.
15. Makesure the sauce goes down the sides of the apples.

My review. This recipe was easy to make and worked really well. I couldn’t get blackberries, so used frozen mixed summer fruits and it worked fine. My fussy sister loved it and her boyfriend (who doesn’t like dessert) was persuaded by her to try it and he ate the lot. Thanks Dorian

Someone else’s review. Yeeh Haah (That is a watered-down version of your American YEEEEEEEH HAAAAAAAAH). I was a little apprehensive as I am a 70-year-old English non-cook Pensioner, but I managed quite well. I got a little ‘stuck up’ trying to attach the pastry strips to the apple, but it was worth the effort. My wife and I really enjoyed this wonderful sweet and we shall be eating it again very soon !!

http://www.cookingcache.com/dessert/appledumplingswithblackberrysauce.shtml?showReviews=yes&rdid=rc1

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