Pineapple Fanta Apple Dumplings

 Pineapple Fanta Apple Dumplings

 1 Granny Smith apples

1 can crescent rolls

1 stick butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoons vanilla

cinnamon

1/2 can Pineapple Fanta

Peel and core apple. Cut apple into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 8 x 8 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Pineapple Fanta around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

Caramel Apple Crisp

CARAMEL APPLE CRISP
Ingredients:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 t. Apple pie spice (yes more cinnamon)
40-50 caramels, cut up into small pieces
9 cups baking apples, peeled and sliced (granny smith works well, make sure it is a tart apple)1/4 cup lemon juice
Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and apple pie spice; add caramels and stir to coat. In a separate bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Stir in caramel mixture and spread into a greased 13" X 9" baking pan. Add Topping.
Topping
1/4 granola
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
4 T cold butter
2/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Combine sugar and flour in small bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Add oats, granola and walnuts; sprinkle over apples.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes, or until apples are tender. Makes a bunch.

Apple Pie Filling for the Freezer

6-8 C firm peeled, sliced apples ( i used granny smith)

sprinkle with 1 T lemon juice

 

In a gallon ziploc bag toss until well mixed

 

1C sugar

1/4 c. flour

1 t. apple pie spice

 

Then add apples and shake until well coated.  

 Make sure you get all the air out and they lay flat and you can stack bags.

Place stacked bags and freeze.. 

 Thaw in fridge. 

May need to be drained before putting in pie shell.

There are many desserts you can make with this besides the pie.

Apple Crisp

Apple Cobbler

Baked Apples

Apple Cake

Apple Blueberry Walnut Crisp

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4 cups sliced peeled tart apples (I like granny smith or pink ladies)

2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen or even dehydrated)

2 tablespoons sugar

1cup of flour (white lily is my fav!)

3/4 cup brown sugar

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

· 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 cup quick cooking oats

1 stick salted butter, melted

Grease 9x13”baking dish then

Add the apples

Next add the the blueberries.

Mix sugar and 2 tablespoons flour; sprinkle over fruit.

Combine brown sugar, oats, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and remaining flour.

Stir in melted butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly.

Sprinkle over fruit;

Top with walnuts . Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until apples are tender.

Serve warm.

Vanilla Ice Cream is an excellent topping for it!

Canning Apple Pie Filling

Canning to some is something only "supermoms" do.. Well let me set the record straight, I ain't no supermom! Just a mom who loves to be in the kitchen. I love to feed my family of seven (5 kids) good food. With larger than average children and hubby, I have to fix insane amounts of food. So even though canning can be time consuming on the front end, it actually saves a lot of time on the back end.

Some of the canned apples right out of their hot water bath..

Here is Mr. Ben cranking out more apples on my apple peeler corer slicer, that I have had since we got married.

16 years..

Miss Katherine is busy stuffing the jars with the Granny Smith apples..

Our favorite apple to can with.

This is what 16 quarts looks like in one big pot of cold water and lots of lemon juice to keep them from turning brown..

Here is your recipe for apple pie filling.

I double, triple, quadruple according to how much I had.

I had a half bushel of Granny Smith apples straight from an organic farm in Elijay, Georgia..

4 1/2 cups white sugar
1 Cup cornstarch
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons salt10 cups water
3 T. lemon juice
6 pounds applesIn a large pan, mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add salt and water and mix well.
Bring to a boil and cook until thick and bubbly.
Remove from heat and add lemon juice.
Sterilize canning jars, lids and rings by boiling them in a large pot of water (you can follow the jar directions for sterilization if you want further details)
Peel, core, and slice apples (this is where my handy dandy pampered chef 16 year old peeler, corer, slicer came in).
Pack the sliced apples into hot canning jars, leaving a 1/2-3/4 inch headspace. (9 year old daughters are quite good at this task)
Fill jars with hot syrup and gently remove air bubbles with a spatula.

this is mommy's job
Put lids on and process in a water bath canner for 20 minutes.

14 year old big brother managed this on his own, with a lot of teeth pulling to get him to do it..