Tasty Apple Desserts to Satisfy Any Sweet Tooth

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• The Kansas Cookbook
• Josh's Apple Crumble
• Love Apples?
• Deep-Dish Apple Pie
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I brought The Kansas Cookbook with me when I moved to the UK because I wanted to be able to share my Kansas heritage with my British husband.

This recipe isn't to be found in any of my English cookbooks, but my husband says it most closely resembles an Eve's Pudding.

• 2 eggs


• 1 1/2 cups sugar


• 1 cup plain flour


• 2 teaspoons baking powder


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 2 cups fresh, tart apples, peeled and chopped


• 3/4 cup black walnuts, chopped

Optional (not part of the original recipe):

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


• 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg

In a large bowl, beat the eggs until thick and lemon colored. Add the sugar slowly and continue beating until well combined.

In a small bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and beat well. Add the apples, nuts, and spices, stirring until all ingredients are completely mixed.

Pour the batter into 2 well-greased 9-inch pie plates or a well-greased 13 X 9 - inch baking dish. Bake at 350F/Gas Mark 4 for 25 to 30 minutes.

This pie makes its own crust on top and bottom.

Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Serves 12

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My son, Josh, brought this recipe home from school. It was one of the foods he cooked as part of his food technology course. He liked it so much, he asked me to keep the recipe and make it again.

• 2 cooking apples, small to medium


• 2 X 15 ml spoonfuls granulated sugar


• 100 gm plain flour


• 50 gm butter


• 50 gm granulated sugar


• 2.5 mg ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to gas mark 4/350F

Wash, core and slice apples. Place half the apples in a baking dish, sprinkle over with the 15 - 30 gm(1 - 2 tablespoons) sugar. Place other half of apples on top.

Sieve flour and cinnamon into a bowl.
Rub in butter until it resembles fine bread crumbs
Stir in 25 gm sugar
Sprinkle over the apples

Bake until topping is pale brown. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.

Serves 2

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I don't know anyone who doesn't like Apple Pie. It's the All-American dessert that is loved around the world. Each country has its special touch, its special added ingredient that makes this dish its own.

• Pastry for 2-crust pie


• 750 gm golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 2mm thick slices


• 100 gm caster sugar


• 3 tablespoons plain flour


• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg


• 50 gm butter, diced

Prepare the pastry. Use 2/3 to line a 24cm deep-dish pie plate. Toss the apple slices with the caster sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Spoon the apple filling into the pastry and dot with butter.

Roll out the other 1/3 of pastry to fit over the top of the pie plate. Place over the filling and seal the edges. Crimp the edges as desired.

Roll out the trimmings and make shapes. Brush with water and decorate the top.

Make a hole for steam to release. Brush with a beaten egg. Sprinkle demerara sugar over the top.

Place on a baking sheet.

Bake 50 - 55 minutes. Cover pie loosely with foil after 30 minutes to prevent over-browning.

Cool pie on a wire rack 1 hour to serve warm. Or, cool completely to serve later.

Serve with cream, ice cream, or a slice of extra mature cheddar cheese.

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For a special treat, add a cup of blackberries to the apples

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I must admit, I don't tend to make my shortcrust pastry, but buy it ready-made instead. My husband is the pastry expert in our house and any time any kind of dough needs rolled out, he does the job.

When we do make our own, we follow Delia Smith's recipe for basic shortcrust pastry.

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