Nothin' to Fret about Apple Fritters

Cook Time: 8 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 20 apple fritter rings


Ingredients

Vegetable oil, for frying
4 apples, Red or Golden Delicious or, 2 of each
2 teaspoons lemon juice (1 wedge will do)
2 cups complete pancake mix, any brand
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, or equivalent of freshly grated
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar


Directions

Heat 1-inch vegetable oil on moderate to medium high heat. If you wish to test the oil, add a 1-inch cube of bread to hot oil. If it turns deep golden brown in color in a count of 40, the oil is ready.


Core apples with an apple corer. Cut into 1/4-inch thick slices across, forming apple rings. Sprinkle sliced apples with the juice of a wedge of lemon to prevent browning.


Mix together pancake mix and water, season with nutmeg. Place confectioners' sugar in a sifter or a tea strainer. Place a piece of cardboard or brown paper sack on a work surface for draining fritters. Working in small batches of 5 to 6 slices, coat rings of apple in batter, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, until evenly golden brown. Transfer to paper bag or towels to drain. When all the fritters are cooked, let oil cool before discarding.


Top fritters with confectioners' sugar and transfer to a serving platter.

From: foodnetwork.com

Apple and Onion Stuffin' Muffins

Cook Time: 25 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

* Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
* 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
* 1 stick butter, softened
* 1 fresh bay leaf, available in produce department
* 4 ribs celery and greens, from the heart, chopped (save time and
purchase celery already washed, trimmed and cut into sticks, this
makes chopping fast work)
* 1 medium to large yellow skinned onion, chopped
* 3 McIntosh apples, quartered and chopped
* Salt and pepper
* 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
* 8 cups cubed stuffing mix (recommended: Pepperidge Farm)
* 2 to 3 cups chicken stock, available in paper containers on the soup aisle

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive
oil to skillet and 4 tablespoons butter. When butter melts, add bay
leaf and add the vegetables as you chop them, celery, onions then
apples. Sprinkle the vegetables and apples with salt, pepper and
poultry seasoning. Cook 5 to 6 minutes to begin to soften vegetables
and apples then add parsley and stuffing cubes to the pan and combine.
Moisten the stuffing with chicken broth until all of the bread is soft
but not wet.

Butter 12 muffin cups, 2 tins, liberally with remaining butter. Use an
ice cream scoop to fill and mound up the stuffing in muffin tins.
Remove the bay leaf as you scoop the stuffing when you come upon it.
Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove stuffin'
muffins to a platter and serve hot or room temperature.

From: foodnetwork.com

Apple Crisp

Cook Time: 20 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

* 6 McIntosh apples, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch pieces
* 1/2 lemon, juiced
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg
* 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
* 1/2 cup flour or fine graham cracker crumbs
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1/2 stick butter
* 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a 9 by 12 baking dish, combine
apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar. In a small bowl, mix
flour or graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and butter together using
the tines of a fork and your fingers, working until even, small
crumbles form. Sprinkle topping evenly over apples and bake 15 to 20
minutes until apples are just tender and topping is golden brown. Top
dishes of apple crisp with small scoops of vanilla ice cream. YUM!