Caramel Apple Muffins

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup 2% milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped peeled tart apple
12 caramels, chopped

TOPPING:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon
and salt. In another bowl, whisk the egg, milk, butter and vanilla.
Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apple and
caramels.

Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Combine topping
ingredients; sprinkle over batter.

Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in.

-Valarie H.

Oatmeal Apple Pear Crisp

2 cups cooking apples, peeled and sliced (about 2 large)
2 cups pears, peeled and sliced (about 3 large)
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 -2 Tablespoon lemon juice
3/4 cup water

1 cup oats
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, melted


While peeling apples and pears, keep them in the lemon juice so that they don't turn brown. Place apples in a greased shallow 9” square baking dish. Sprinkle (2 Tbsp) brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and water. Combine remaining dry ingredients in a separate bowl; add melted butter, mixing until crumbly. Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of the apples. Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes or until apples are tender.

Dutch Apple Pie

This recipe is, TO DIE FOR GOOD, or atleast I think so! It's an apple pie recipe, but I substituted pears in place, and I made extra pie crust so I could spread it across a cookie sheet, then it came out kind of "tart" like, I then graciously called them "pear tarts"!


8-10 large Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples, pared, peeled & sliced
Juice of one lemon, toss and coat apples

In small mixing bowl add:
1 cup of brown sugar
1 heaping TBsp. flour
dash of salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix above ingredients together; pour over apples and toss well.


Place apple mixture in pie shell (unbaked), dot with butter (approx. 2 TBsp.)

Topping:
1 cup flour
1/2 - 3/4 c. white sugar
1 tsp, cinnamon
dash of salt

Mix together in small bowl then add: 1 cube [1/2 c.] of soft butter. cut into flour mixture until it resembles crumbs; sprinkle over top of apples.


Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes, lower temp to 350 and bake for 30 minutes more.

SNICKERS Apple Salad

OK this one takes forever to make good luck!

3-5 apples (different varieties for fun.)
1 large container of cool whip thawed
3 frozen snickers

Cut apples into bit size pieces, smashed frozen snicker with a rolling pin and add 3/4 of it to the mix. Next add all the cool whip until desired texture. Last add remaining snickers for garnish. YUMMY!!!

Apple Crisp

3 c peeled apples, sliced
1/2 c sugar
1 Tbsp flour
dash cinnamon

Toss lightly, put in greased and floured 8x10 pan. Pour 1/2 c water over the top.

3/4 c oatmeal
3/4 c brown sugar
3/4 c flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Combine, then work in 1/3 c butter. Sprinkle on top of apples. Bake 375 for 20-25 min.

Carmel Toffee Apple Dip

1 8oz block of cream cheese
1/4 cup brown sugar
carmel sauce for drizzling
a sprinkle of skor toffee bits or toasted pecans
Sliced apples for dipping.

Mix cream cheese with brown sugar. Spread on a plate, and top with a drizzle of carmel sauce and a sprinkle of toffee bits. Sliced apples for dipping. Dip the apple slices in pineapple juice after slicing to keep them from going brown. I also put about 2 Tbls. of carmel right into the cream chesse mixture.