Apples ‘N Port

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • 4 Apples, (4 to 6)
  • ½ cup raisins
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • cup port wine

Directions:
Core apples and cut a score around the sides about 1/3 down from the top.

Fill score with raisins or currants, and top with brown sugar, pressing the sugar lightly toward the center of the fruit.

Place apples in the bottom of the crock pot, and pour port over them, seeing that some goes into each apple center.

Cover and cook at Low for 3 to 4 hours, or until apples are soft.

Serve with excess port sauce poured over apples.

Note: These apples are excellent hot or cold, and especially good served with rich vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

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Apple Pie Grand Champion

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • *** CRUST ***
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup shortening, chilled
    • ¼ cup water, ice
  • *** FILLING ***
    • 1 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons divided
    • 4 tablespoons flour, divided
    • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
    • 1 dash nutmeg
    • 7 large apples, Gravenstein peeled and cored, cut into medium-thin slices
    • 2 Tablespoons butter
    • milk
    • extra sugar for top of pie

Directions:
For crust: Sift flour with salt. Using a pastry blender, add half the shortening to the flour mixture and cut in until crumbly. Add remaining shortening, cutting in until mixture looks like small peas. Add 1 tablespoon ice water to flour mixture and mix. Repeat with additional water until all flour is thoroughly moistened. Form into a ball. Divide ball in half. Wrap each half in wax paper and chill in refrigerator.

When chilled, roll out bottom crust and line pie plate with it.

For filling: Preheat oven to 400℉. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons flour. Spread this mixture on bottom crust to absorb liquid. Combine remaining sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl and mix well. Pour sugar mixture over sliced apples and mix well. Pour apples into pie crust. Dot with small chunks of butter.

Roll out top crust and place on top of apples. Crimp edges and make 5 (1 ½-inch long) slits on top of pie crust. Brush top crust lightly with milk. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 5 minutes. Then reduce heat to 350℉ and bake for 1 hour.

(Serves 8)
It’s best to chill all crust ingredients, including bowl, fork, flour and shortening.

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Apple Crisp

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • 6 apples
  • sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1 cup flour, Toping
  • 1 cup brown sugar, Toping
  • ½ cup butter, Toping

Directions:
Peel and core apples. Slice thinly, fill a buttered dish. Sprinkle lightly in sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pour in orange juice. For topping: Mix flour and sugar together. Cut in butter and pat mixture on top of apples. bake 350′ 50-60 minutes.

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Apple Carmel Rolls

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup margarine
  • 1 cup pecan halves, halved
  • 2 cups Bisquick
  • ½ cup water, cold
  • 2 tablespoons margarine, soft
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup apples, finely chopped

Directions:
Heat oven to 450′. Place 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 2 teaspoons margarine and 3 pecan halevs in each of 12 muffin cups. Place in oven until melted. Mix baking mix and water till soft dough forms. Beat vigourously 20 strokes. Gently smooth dough into a ball and knead 5 times. Roll into 15×9 rectangle. Spread with 2 Tablespoons margarine, srpinkle with 1/4 cup sugar and the apple. Roll tightly beginning with teh 16 inch side. Cut into 12 slices. Place cut side down in muffin cups. Bake 10 minutes. Immediately invert pan on serving plate. Leave pan over rolls a few minutes.

Yield:
"12 rolls"

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Almond Roca

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup margarine
  • 1 ⅓ cups sugar
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • ½ large Hershey chocolate bar
  • ½ cup almonds

Directions:
In heavy iron pan put in butter, margarine and sugar, cook until mixture is lemon colored and grease is absorbed.

Add sliced almonds.

Cook until velvety brown and mixture begins to smoke but is not burnt.

Pour onto cookie sheet lined with foil.

Melt Ω large Hershey chocolate bar and then top with almonds.

Wait until candy sets and then break into pieces.

This candy is so delicious!

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Almond Joys

Sep 12

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 ½ cups coconut
  • 1 ½ lbs. powdered sugar
  • 1 squares paraffin
  • 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 package Milk Chocolate chips

Directions:
Mix butter, milk, coconut, and sugar.

Form mixture into egg shape and chill.

Melt paraffin and chocolate in double boiler.

Dip in coconut shape after they have been chilled for 2 hours.

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