Featured recipe from Marilu’s table * Apples
A few fun facts about apples ~
- The average person eats 65 apples per year.
- Apples float because 25% of their volume is air.
- The peel of the apple contains more antioxidants and fiber than the flesh.
- The only apple native to North America is the crabapple.
- The more apples a person eats, the lower his or her risk of developing lung cancer.
- Johnny Appleseed was the nickname for John Chapman, a kind and generous American pioneer born in 1774 who planted apple seeds in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Here are a couple of simple apple recipes to please everyone in the family.
BUSY DAY APPLE BARS
Yellow * Makes 16 bars
1/2 cup Earth Balance (1/4 tub)
1 cup flour (unbleached, or whole wheat pastry flour, or a combination)
1 egg, beaten
1 cup Sucanat® or evaporated cane juice crystals
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup apples, peeled, cored, and finely diced
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour an 8X8 inch pan.
In small saucepan, melt margarine over low heat. Pour into mixing bowl and combine with other ingredients, mixing well. Pour batter into pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes, until done.
SHERI’S APPLE CRISP
Yellow * 15 servings
Filling
3/4 cup Sucanat®
1 Tablespoon whole wheat pastry flour
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 cups cored and sliced tart apples (Haralson, Braeburn, Granny Smith) – peeled or unpeeled, your choice; about 10-12 apples
Crumb Topping
3/4 cup Sucanat®
1 cup Earth Balance (1/2 tub), really cold
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup quick oats
1/4 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 400F. Mix Filling dry ingredients in a large bowl, add apple slices and mix well. Spoon into greased 12×8 baking pan. Mix Crumb Topping ingredients with pastry blender or 2 forks until it is the consistency of coarse meal. Cover the apples with the crumb topping. Bake 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm or cold with Soy Delicious or Soy Dream Vanilla ice “cream.”
For a gluten-free version, substitute brown rice flour for all whole wheat pastry flour. Substitute ground pecans and walnuts for the oatmeal.
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