Lots of Apple Recipes!

Since I just went to the apple orchard and since we have LOTS of apples, I thought I would post about some good recipes that I have made using apples!! These are all REALLY good recipes!

Apple Dumplings (from the kitchen of my friend Arlene)
2 tubes crescent rolls
2 Granny Smith apples (or whatever you have)
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
8-12 oz. Mt. Dew (or Sprite, 7-Up, Squirt, Mellow Yellow)
Cinnamon

Peel and core apples. Slice into 8 pieces each. Roll up 1 slice in 1 triangle of crescent dough. Repeat with remaining fruit. Place in 13"x9" dish. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in sugar and vanilla. (Don't caramelize or dissolve completely. Keep it lumpy.) Pour over dumplings. Pour soda around contents of pan. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon. Bake @ 350 degrees for 40 minutes.


Apple Pie
1 package refrigerated pie crust (2 crusts)
6 cups peeled, cored, and sliced apples
3/4 cup plus 1 Tblsp. sugar, divided
2 Tblsp. flour
1 1/2 tsp. apple-pie spice
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tblsp. butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 Tblsp. milk or cream

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Fit 1 pie crust into a 9 inch pie pan. Mix apples, 3/4 cup sugar, flour, apple-pie spice and salt in large mixing bowl until apples are coated. Turn apple mixture into pastry-lined pie dish; spread evenly. Scatter butter pieces over top of mixture. Fit top crust over apple mixture. Wrap excess top crust under bottom crust around edges. Press edges together to seal; flute. Brush top crust with milk. Make slits in top crust with knife to create steam vents. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake pie until golden, 40-45 minutes.


Apple Crisp
4 medium tart cooking apples, sliced (4 cups)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
Cream or Ice Cream, if desired

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of 8 inch square pan. Spread apples in pan. In medium bowl, stir remaining ingredients except cream until well mixed; sprinkle over apples. Bake about 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.


Chicken Salad
2 1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
2/3 cup dried cherries
1/3 cup chopped celery
1/3 cup chopped tart apple
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 tsp. buttermilk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Croissants

In a large bowl, combine the chicken, cherries, celery, apple and pecans. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, buttermilk, salt, and pepper; add to chicken mixture an mix well. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken salad onto each croissant.