Apple Recipes

We were visiting family in southern Illinois this past weekend and the fruit stands were selling local apples. How exciting!! Fresh from the tree apples are yummy!! I thought it was time to share a couple of Carol's apple recipes she sent me recently. Enjoy!

CARAMEL DIP FOR APPLES

1 C butter

1 Can Eagle Brand milk

1 C brown sugar

1/2 C Karo Syrup

Melt butter, brown sugar and syrup. Add Eagle Brand Milk. Boil 5 minutes. Serve with sliced apples.

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FRESH APPLE CAKE

2 C sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 C flour

3 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp baking soda

1/4 C oil

1 tsp vanilla

4 C diced apples

Mix first 7 ingredients well. Batter will be a little dry at first. Add diced apples. Grease and flour a 9x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

TOPPING

1/2 C sugar

2 T flour

1/2 stick margarine

1/2 C brown sugar (firmly packed)

1 C water

1 tsp vanilla

Cook all ingredients on stove until thick, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. Remove from heat. Pour on cake while cake and topping are still warm.

Savory Chicken Breasts

SAVORY CHICKEN BREASTS by Pat F.

4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves

ground black pepper to taste

4 slices swiss cheese

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/4 cup milk

1 cup Panko bread crumbs

3 Tbsp butter melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken breast in 9x13 baking dish. Season. Top each breast with cheese. Mix together milk and soup and pour over chicken. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and drizzle with butter. Bake covered for 30 minutes; uncover and bake for another 20 minutes.

I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com and it is delicious. I serve with rice. There is lots of sauce and it is so yummy, I could eat it with a spoon!

Chili Coney Dogs

I love, love, love using my slow cooker. I even won one in a blogging contest several months ago. I tend to use the thing for 4 recipes in a row and then I pack it away for a month...lol. How about you?? Do you enjoy breaking out the ol' Crockpot?? This sounds like a fun recipe! Thanks, Shawn!

Chili Coney Dogs

Serves 8

1 pound lean ground beef (90%) lean
1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Dash cayenne pepper
8 hot dogs
8 hot dog buns, split
Shredded cheddar cheese, relish and chopped onion, optional

In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat. Drain. Stir in tomato sauce, water, Worcestershire sauce, onion and spices. Place hot dogs in a 3 qrt slow cooker. Top with beef mixture. Cover and cook on low 4-5 hours or until heated through. Serve on buns with cheese, relish and onion if desired.

Corn Salad

I have to admit...this sounds odd...lol. Michele says it's good and everyone asked for the recipe at a family get-together. I'm going to definitely have to try this...sounds really easy.

Please consider taking pictures of the food you make and e-mailing the pictures to me. While I've tried many of the recipes you've been sending, I haven't made them all.

Also...thanks so much for the response and all the recipes. I've got quite a few and I'm trying to go through them all. If you don't see your recipe on the blog for quite a while, know that it's coming. And...keep sending me more!!!!

Corn Salad

2 cans of whole kernel corn, drained (I'm sure you could use frozen or whatever you want too)

2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup of mayonnaise

Mix together. Right before serving, add 1 bag of chili cheese fritos crushed. Mix and serve cold.

Too Much Chocolate Cake

I love Facebook!! About a year ago, my brother sent me a text and asked me if I remembered Dawn, a fellow student at a junior college we all attended. I hadn't heard her name in YEARS! Through Facebook, we have reconnected. Turns out that she still lives near my hometown and is related, through marriage, to one of my former students. Anyway...this recipe is from Dawn. I thought it sounded like another hit with our chocolate lovers. Thanks Dawn!!!

Too Much Chocolate Cake

1 (18.25 oz) pkg Devil’s Food Cake Mix

1 c Vegetable oil

1 (5.9 oz) pkg instant chocolate pudding

4 eggs

1 c sour cream

½ c warm water

2 c semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together the cake & pudding mix, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a WELL greased 12 cup bundt pan. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an 1 ½ hours before inverting onto a plate. If desired dust the cake with powdered sugar.

****To make it better, I melt a stick of butter & another pkg of chocolate, semi-sweet or whatever kind you like morsels & drizzle over the top of the cake! All the calories are taken out!!! No guilt!!!

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

This recipe comes all the way from Utah...from my niece, Sierra. Thanks for sharing!!!! It sounds great and the best part...you don't have to heat up the kitchen because they are no-bake!!

2 cups peanut butter
1 and a half sticks butter softened
2 cups powdered sugar
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups chocolate chips

grease 13x9inch baking pan
mix 1 cup peanut butter powdered sugar
graham cracker crumbs and 1/2 cup chocolate chips
put in pan

melt the rest of the chocolate chips and peanut butter over stove lowest heat
pour chocolate and peanut butter over graham cracker crust refrigerate for 1 hour and eat them !!!!!!!!!!! keep in refrigerator.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars

Images borrowed from www.cookiesandcups.blogspot.com

If those pictures don't tempt all the chocolate lovers out there, I don't know what will!!!! My good friend, Amanda, made these one evening for our small group Bible study. I was in chocolate heaven and HAD to have the recipe. She forwarded the link to me and I was just looking for an excuse to make them. Fortunately, my brother and his family came up for a visit and I had just that excuse. In the words of my niece, Emily, "They are A-MAZ-ING!" Of course, in all fairness, Emily also thinks Justin Bieber is amazing...lol. But seriously...yummy, yummy, yummy!! I hope you have a reason to make them...SOON.

Just in case you missed the link above, please click here for the recipe...and while you're at it, check out the rest of the recipes on Cookies and Cups!!!