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William Tell’s Never-Miss Apple Cake

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This recipe is a bit of work, but totally worth it. Got to say, there is something so satisfying about flipping that bundt pan and having your cake come out perfectly intact.

The pecans would have been tasty but we decided to forego them this time as we were making this recipe for a family gathering with a niece who has a nut allergy. Definitely wanted her to have a chance to join in the celebration.

Just love those little chunks of orange carrots that peek through the slice. And the cream cheese swirl in the middle is divine.

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Dumplings with Caramel Sauce

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Yes, this is my cow plate. You can see one eye and one ear at top left

How to make one of those sweet, juicy fall apples taste even better? Wrap it in dough and bake in buttery caramel sauce. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream.

The recipe outlines how you can make your own dough, but pre-made dough works just fine.

Sorry for melty photo. Phone was running out of storage and had to go find my ipad. And, yes, I sort of got out of control trying to make a cute steam and leaves. Pastry chef I am not.

You’ll need an apple corer to remove the core. Here’s what ours looks like.

Apple Hand Pie

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Love this video tutorial that walks you through how to make hand pies. Just follow this step-by-step and you will have the most adorable and flavorful apple hand pies ever. Crimping is a cinch!

Ingredients:

  • Store-bought pie crust – you can make your own, but we took the shortcut
  • Butter – a bit of bacon fat* is an excellent addition. See note below
  • Apples – something flavorful like a Honeycrisp or Jonathan
  • Salt
  • White sugar
  • Brown sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • Water

*Bacon twist – We had some bacon drippings left from breakfast so we used them in place of some of the butter. Wow, bacon and apples are a great combination! We need to explore this combination in more recipes

Big Apple Pancake

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This is a great brunch item. So fun to make.

Recipe comes from Epicurious

You’ll want to include something tart to offset the sweet, custardy goodness of the pancake. A few options – sprinkle fresh-picked raspberries on top, go with a tart apple to begin with, or add a bit of lemon juice to the pancake.

Baking tip – The recipe calls for you to bake the pancake until it is “puffed and golden”. By puffed, that means to let it poof up until it almost overflows the pan.

Cinnamon Apple Pie Bread

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“Forget the pie crust and get all the flavors of fall in a quick and easy cinnamon apple pie bread with brown sugar and cinnamon topping that’s as sweet as apple pie”

Things we’d recommend for when we make this a third time*

# of Apples – Recipe calls for 1 Granny Smith apple. We used 1 1/2 Jonathans and if we did it again would probably use 2 apples as the fruit brings nice moisture to the bread.

  • Baking time – We found the bread took longer than 30 mins to bake, like an additional 20 mins. That wasn’t a problem but wanted to share in case you were rushing to get your dog walked while it baked. My dog walks slow but we could have walked twice the distance. 🙂  And, yes, she got to sample the result and gave it a woof of approval.

*A third time?  Yes, indeed. The first time we (I) misread the amount of flour and added 1/2 cup instead of 1 1/2 cups. As a result, first attempt ended up more like a bread pudding.  Tastes wonderful but more like flan than bread. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that.  Cinnamon apple pie flan has a nice ring to it.