Baked Apples

Baked Apples

These apples can be prepared quickly to serve on ice cream, waffles, crepes or German oven pancake. Yummy.

3 med. apples, washed, cored, peeled & sliced into uniform size slices
3 tbsp. brown sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. butter
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Ice cream or whipped cream (or both)

Use a microwave safe dish with lid or use plastic wrap or wax paper to cover. (I use a round glass baking dish with a lid.) This may be doubled to serve 4.

Melt 1 teaspoon butter in glass baking dish in microwave oven (about 15 seconds on high or until butter melts). Wash, core, peel and slice apples into uniform-size slices. Put sliced apples in glass baking dish of melted butter. Stir them so they will be covered with the melted butter.

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the apples. Then sprinkle the cinnamon over the apples and brown sugar. Top with dots of butter (the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of butter). Put lid on baking dish or cover with plastic wrap or wax paper. Microwave 5 minutes on high or until tender (5 to 7 minutes on high). Put into 2 serving dishes.

Apple Cake with Butter Sauce

"The rich butter sauce is what makes this dessert," said Kip from Kipper's Snacks

Apple Cake:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 egg
3 medium apples, peeled and grated
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup nuts, chopped

Mix sugar, shortening, and egg in mixer. Then add grated apple to this mixture and blend again. Finally, add the dry ingredients and nuts and mix well. Pour the batter into a greased 8 x 8-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. While the apple cake is baking, make the butter sauce to go on top.

Butter Sauce:
2 cubes of butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
1 cup canned evaporated milk or heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cook the butter, sugar, and milk or cream in a saucepan over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, but don't let the mixture boil. Then blend in the vanilla and remove from the stove. Serve the warm apple cake in bowls, topped with the hot butter sauce.