Apple-picking is a quintessential fall thing to do up here in the Northeast. We went to our favorite orchard this past weekend on a day with a sky painted bright blue and sunshine lying heavy and golden on our shoulders. We came home full of cider donuts and with a half-bushel of lovely Macs. I grabbed a stack of my favorite apple recipes–for apple pie and apple crisp, apple butter and apple muffins.
I made apple crisp, and we ate it hot from the oven with vanilla ice cream, melding flavors and temperatures.
Miss M. learned about life cycles and seasonal change using apple trees as examples.
We made chalk pastel apples— unless they were pumpkins!
I have apples on the brain.
I never knew that there were so many varieties of apple. Or so many posters and prints depicting them.
And it is rather fun to see how apples have wormed their way into the English language in idioms. And into stories and myths, from the golden apple for the most beautiful that started to Trojan War to the poisoned one that nearly proved Snow White’s undoing.
Apples apples apples. I still have a LOT of them. Anyone care to send your favorite apple recipe my way?
Well, I will say this: sounds delicious! I haven’t done much with apple recipes, besides pureeing and dehydrating for delicious fruit roll-ups, but my favorite to eat is good, old-fashioned apple pie [my aunt is a dream of a baker]!
A lovely season to you!
Thanks!
I have apple butter-making plans for Saturday. That should take care of a goodly number of apples. 🙂
Mmm…that sounds so good.
Now that Mr Prue is ok enough to go out, we’re making up for an ’empty’ year, and our apples have been abandoned to drop to the ground and become food for birds and wasps.
For dessert apples I peel, core and slice them into thick chunks (you can leave the peel on if preferred). Melt enough butter in a shallow pan to gently fry the slices until they soften a bit. Add sugar (I use light brown) to sweeten and gently stir until it dissolves and caramelises. Serve over vanilla ice cream, or add a large dollop of creme fraiche or thick yoghurt or cream.
Enjoy 🙂
Yum! I make a pretty good apple crisp, but this sounds a lot easier. 😀