Fall is definitely in the air! And so perfect for having Cream of Asparagus Soup for lunch, baking bread ALL day, and boy do I have a recipe for you!
It’s called smelling-the-house-up-like-the-holidays-oh-my…if you have an Apple-Peeler-Corer-Slicer, this is a great way to put it to use. And the kids will be wowed. Over and over again. ;O)
Spiced Oven-dried Apple Slices
- 4 apples, sliced with Apple/Peeler/Corer/Slicer and cut in half
- 1 tsp cardamom seed, ground up in a coffee grinder (opt)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/2 fresh nutmeg, ground (or just cheat and use ground nutmeg–about 1/2 tsp)
- 5 tsp sugar
- Put cardamom seed into a coffee grinder and grind till fine–add rest of sugar and spices and give a couple of whirls to mix into a fine powder.
- Lay parchment paper on 2 cookie sheets/pans.
- In storage bag, add spices and apples and toss gently to coat, shaking excess spices off. Place on parchment in a single layer.
- Dry in a 250 degree F oven for 1-3 hours depending on how juicy the apples are.
- They come out sweet, crisp and tart.
- Store in an airtight container–if you have any left after the kid attack!
Nothing so wonderful as having a day at home, all together, wearin’ our long johns and sweatshirts and baking to capture the warm fuzzies. ‘Course, with all this extra baking we were still doing schoolwork at 7 pm…but, ya know, we’re homeschoolers. We get to do these things. ;O)
Love to you all,
Mary
yum! I’m gonna make these too
btw I’ve moved my blog to rosemary-files.blogspot.com
Amy, it alone was worth the wonderful-gut-smelling house! ;O) (Nope, I haven’t been reading Amish novels lately, not sure where that came from!) Thanks for the update on your blog! I got the facebook update, just haven’t gotten around to fixing my blogroll!
I made two batches of these this week and they are both gone! I’m so glad I found your site googling for apple recipes. I wonder if you’ve tried freezing these – does that work well? I would love to have a few batches I my freeze.
God’s Peace, Melissa
Mmm, doesn’t the house smell great when these are baking? Glad you liked them, Melissa. Since they are dried, they can just be kept in your cupboard for a long time. I know I’ve kept home-dried apple slices for a year now in my cupboard, and they still taste great. Haven’t ever had enough of these spiced ones left to keep overly long in storage though. I don’t know why they wouldn’t last well in the freezer. You might keep us in the know if you go ahead and try freezing!
God’s blessings to you too!