As a Gardener, growing, caring, and harvesting apples can be so much fun.
But the best part of having Apple Trees is eating them!
Below are 3 Easy Apple Recipes that ALL Gardeners can do, no matter your skill level.
Recipe #1 Apple Crisp
Cooking Times
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 45 Minutes
- Total Time: 1 Hour
Ingredients
- 6 golden delicious apples, peeled and sliced
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon, – divided
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, diced into small cubes
- pinch of salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Butter an 8×8 baking dish. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add sliced apples, granulated sugar, 3/4 tsp of the cinnamon and lemon juice. Stir to combine and pour into prepared baking dish.
- In a separate mixing bowl, add topping ingredients (brown sugar, oats, flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, salt, and butter). Use a fork or pastry cutter to cut the butter into the oat mixture until mixture resembles crumbs.
- Spread topping over apples in baking dish.
- Bake 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly.
- Best served warm.
Nutrition
- 495calories
- 17.2g fat
- 10g saturated fat
- 41mg cholesterol
- 46g sodium
- 382mg potassium
- 84.4g of carbohydrates
- 51.3g sugar
- 8.2g fiber
Recipe #2: Easy Cinnamon Applesauce
Cooking Times
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 35 Minutes
- Total Time: 45 Minutes
Ingredients
- 6 medium sized apples (I used Gala)
- 1/4 cup sugar, granulated
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- juice of one lemon
Directions
- Step 1: Peel and dice apples
- Step 2: Place apples, sugar, water, cinnamon and lemon juice in a saucepan and cook on medium heat. Stir occasionally until apples are soft.
- Step 3: Using a potato masher, mash apples. Cool and store in airtight container in fridge.
Nutrition
- 112 calories
- 0g fat
- 0g saturated fat
- 0mg cholesterol
- 1g sodium
- 199mg potassium
- 30.5g of carbohydrates
- 25.2g sugar
- 5.1g fiber
Recipe #3: Apple Pancakes
Cooking Times
- Prep Time: 5 Minutes
- Cook Time: 10 Minutes
- Total Time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar, granulated
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup vanilla yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 finely diced apples
Directions
- Step 1: In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Step 2: Stir in milk, vegetable oil and eggs. Fold in vanilla yogurt and diced apples.
- Step 3: Heat griddle or cast iron skillet.
- Step 4: Pour batter onto griddle/skillet. Wait for bubbles to appear, then flip. Cook each side until brown.
- Step 5: Serve with maple syrup or whipped cream with cinnamon sprinkle.
Nutrition
- 363 calories
- 7.8g fat
- 1.9g saturated fat
- 40mg cholesterol
- 275mg sodium
- 265mg potassium
- 63.3g of carbohydrates
- 8.8g sugar
- 3g fiber
- 9.6g protein
