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Two Apples A Day Gets
Two apples a day? This new
twist on an old saying may be one
of the easiest ways for Americans
to meet the need for more fruits
and vegetables in their diets. In a
recent report, the Department of
Health and Human Services
recommends five servings of fruits
and vegetables a day. So make two
of the five servings apples and
apple products.
When it comes down to nutri
tion, apples get high marks for fib
er the snappy crunch reflects an
apple’s high fiber content of more
than 4 grams. The insoluble fiber
found in apples is important in
cancer prevention.
Apples fill the nutrition pre
scription for what they don’t have
as well. Apples have almost no fat
(0.5 grams that’s about 4
calories).
Apples weigh in about 80 calo
ries and contain Vitamin C and
potassium.
With 2,500 varieties of apples
and the many ways apples and
apple products can be served, two
apples a day makes healthy eating
a snap.
APPLE CRISP
12 apples, sliced
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
A cup flour
A teaspoon salt
6 tablespoon butter
Pare, core, and slice apples into
large shallow baking pan. Mix cin
namon with 1 cup sugar and
sprinkle over apples. Combine
remaining sugar with flour and
salt Work in butter with pastry
blender until dough is crumbly.
Spread over apples. Bake at 375
degrees for 40 minutes. Serve
warm with milk or vanilla ice
cream.
Michelle Ryan
Dauphin Co. Dairy Princess
TOASTY APPLE &
PEANUT SNACK
1 slice bread, toasted
2 teaspoons peanut butter
'A medium apple, thinly sliced
Ground cinnamon
Vi teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon raisins
Spread peanut butter on toast.
Place apple slices on top of peanut
butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon
and drizzle with honey. Broil 3
minutes. Sprinkle raisins on top.
Broil 1 more minute. Serve warm.
Makes one serving.
Recipe
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Home On The Range
The Doctor’s
CAN’T WAIT APPLE CAKE
4 cups apples, diced
'A cup cooking oil
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
'A teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vi cup chopped walnuts
Combine apples, oil, and sugar.
Add eggs. Sifi together flour, bak
ing soda, salt and cinnamon. Add
to batter, stir well. Mix in vanilla
and nuts with fork. Bake in greased
9x13-inch pan at 370 degrees for
45 minutes.
Topping:
!A cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
'A cup cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together and pour over
semi-warm cake.
SNTTZ AND KNEPP
4 cups dried sweet apples
2% cups ham, cubed, not
precooked
5 cups water to cook ham
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons butter
Dough Knepp or little
dumplings:
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups buttermilk or sour milk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Wash dried apples. Place in
bowl and cover with water. Soak
overnight
Place ham and water in large
cooking pot. Cook until soft.
Add sugar, butter and water in
which the apples woe soaked
along with the apples into the ham
and water. Cook for about 1 hour
over medium heat, stirring
occasionally.
Sift together dry ingredients for
knepp in large bowl. Add butter
milk and stir until dry ingredients
are incorporated.
Drop by tablespoon into the ham
and apple. Cover and cook for IS
minutes. Save hot or warm.
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GERMAN HIPPIE
APPLE CAKE
IVi cups flour
'/i cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
'/ teaspoon salt
'A cup butter
1 cup buttermilk or 1 teaspoon
vinegar added to 1 cup milk
2 eggs
2 or more cups chopped apples
Topping:
'/i teaspoon cinnamon
'A cup white sugar
'A cup brown sugar
Beat together flour, brown
sugar, granulated sugar, baking
soda, cinnamon, salt, butter, but
termilk, eggs, and apples. Pour
into 13x9x2-inch greased and
floured pan.
Combine topping ingredients
and sprinkle topping over cake bat
ter. Bake at 325 degrees for 45
minutes.
Lisa Nolt
Lancaster
APPLESAUCE
WHOOPIE PIES
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
2 cups thick applesauce
4/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
I'A cups raisins
Mix sugar, butter, and eggs.
Add applesauce. Add sifted dry
ingredients to first mixture. Drop
by teaspoonful on baking sheet
Bake 9 minutes at 350 degrees.
Fill with whoopie pie filling.
Variations: 1 cup ground huts or 2
cups bananas may be added.
Marie Horning
Mifflinburg
BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGS
Pastry dough
6 tart apples
I'/icups sugar, divided
2 cups water
'A cup butter or margarine,
divided
I V* teaspoon cinnamon, divided
Roll pastry to V* -inch thickness.
Cut into 6-inch square. Peel and
core apples.
Bring 1 cup sugar, water, 3
tablespoons butter, and
'/ teaspoon cinnamon to a boil.
Put one apple on each square.
Mix remaining sugar and cinna
mon. Fill apple cavity, dot with
remaining butter. Bring opposite
points of crust over apple, overlap.
Moisten and seal.
Betty Light
Lebanon
Place apples in 9x13-inch bak
ing dish with space between. Pour
hot syrup around the apples. Bake
425 degrees for 40 minutes or until
apple dumplings are well browned
and apples are soft Serve warm
with whipped cream.
Audrey Nemeth
Mt. Vernon, Maine
Ruth Ann Greathouse
Lititz
Apples have always played an Important role In Pennsyl
vania’s history.
GERMAN RAW APPLE CAKE
'A cup shortening
'A cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2'A cups cake flour
'A teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
I cup sour milk or buttermilk
2 cups diced raw apples
Sift flour, salt, and cinnamon.
Cream shortening, sugars, and
Featured Recipe
Although apples have been used throughout time, today’s apple is
much larger and sweeter than centuries ago. The first apples grown in
this country were European varieties, brought over by the early Ameri
can colonists. It was John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed, who
spread apple seeds and created the first orchards in the East and
Midwest
More than 2,500 varieties of apples are available today. To learn
about die varieties grown in your state, contact your county extension
office for a brochure that describes the characteristics and the best
uses.
Readers can receive a free brochure that describes the nutritious
benefits of apples and snack apple tips for healthy low-fat eating. Send
a stamped self-addressed business size envelope to International
Apple Institute Brochure Offer, P.O. Box 1137, McLean, Va. 221011.
Here’s a recipe for you to enjoy from the Pennsylvania Apple Mark
eting Board.
CHEESY APPLE QUICHE
1 tablespoon chopped onion
6 tablespoons butter
VA cups crushed stone-ground whole wheat crackers
'A cup finely chopped walnuts
2 large tart apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
3 eggs
1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
A cup milk
'A teaspoon salt
Pepper
Ground nutmeg
Cook onion in butter until lender. Stir in crushed crackers and nub.
Press mixture into a 9-inch pie plate, forming a crust Bake in 350
degree oven for 8 minutes. Arrange apple slices in crust.
In blender container or food processor bowl, blend the eggs,
cheeses, milk, salt and pepper until smooth. Pour into crust. Sprinkle
nutmeg on top. Bake in a 325 degree oven about 45 minutes or until
knife inserted off-center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before
serving.
eggs. Add baking soda to sour milk
or buttermilk and alternate flour
and milk to rest of batter. Stir in
apples. Sprinkle with topping
before baking. Bake at 3SO degrees
for 30 to 40 minutes.
Topping:
'A cup granulated sugar
A cup brown sugar
A cup chopped nuts
A teaspoon cinnamon
Linda Zimmerman
Lititz
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