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Fried Apples

These taste like Cracker Barrel Fired apples, which tastes like apple pie! Perfect for cool Autumn mornings or evenings.

Ingredients
• 1 cup apple juice, plus
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 8 large golden delicious apples, peeled, cut 1/2 inch wedges
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon and dash nutmeg or 1 tsp. apple pie spice

Place apples and 1 cup juice in large saute pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook apples until tender, about 15 minutes. Blend remaining juice, spices and cornstarch. Push apples to one side of the pan and add juice mixture to pan juices and stir and boil one minute until thickened, then fold into apples. Eat hot, warm or cold. Store unused portion in fridge up to one week. Enjoy! (Cracker Barrel does not peel the apples. If you like them like that, then you'll just need to cook the apples longer to soften the peel).

I love Cracker Barrel apples!....may have to try these for breakfast tomorrow....

Cookie

to tell you the truth, for a while now,i've been stewing apples and eating them hot with cinnamon on top....so, it's a very similar taste with no juice and no cornstarch which means i can eat AS MUCH as i want(something VERY important to me).....

Carolina, I like Cracker Barrel's fried apples, so now I can have them at home.  Served with lean pork loin or as a dessert, they are what I need.  We live close to a large apple orchard, so now I'll have to go get me a bushel.  I've been buying apples at the store for eating and for smoothies.  Thanks, Joyful Friend

Hi Niki,

I'm glad you mentioned cornstarch. I was a little surprised to see it in other recipes on the boards, but consequently I decided it was okay to post this recipe.

Can you let me know what is the official position on cornstarch for LDL?

Thank you, Carolyn

HI Mary,    is the cornstarch used as a thickening agent?  Could we sub Garbanzo flour? Would that make it more acceptable. If not, I am going to try these in the oven with a little spray oil. Maybe I won't even need the apple juice. Maybe they will come out more like Apple chips. What do you think?  I need your help in finding some subs for watermelon if you can. Now I am wondering what else I can make chip like 

Mary - how are you doing on the rebounder?  I mentioned in the topic that it is  helping my allergic reactions. DO you think this could also help your son?

OMG!  Carolina - I love you  for leading me down this path. If I could have warm apples as a snack that would be groovy! (Sorry - feeling very seventies today!)

Julie

julie409 wrote:HI Mary,  *hug*  is the cornstarch used as a thickening agent?  Could we sub Garbanzo flour? Would that make it more acceptable. If not, I am going to try these in the oven with a little spray oil. Maybe I won't even need the apple juice. Maybe they will come out more like Apple chips. What do you think?  I need your help in finding some subs for watermelon if you can. Now I am wondering what else I can make chip like  :wrong:

hi julie...
that's exactly what it's used for...a thickening agent.....garbanzo flour?.........you know, i was the first one to use garbanzo flour when i started taking chick peas that had been roasted and grinding them in my food processor......i use it as a filler for meatballs and i coat chicken with it when i bake it in the oven.....i had seen roger caution about it's overuse, but i've decided that it depends on what you're doing with it....if you're mixing it with fat of any kind, i recommend CAUTION.....but, i noticed the last time i made israeli chickpea soup that if i took the chickpea flour and mixed it with water, i would get the equivalent of pureed bean soup....
so, my call on it would be that it would be totally fine to use to thicken soup....as far as thickening apples with it, i just don't know if it would taste good...try it and see if you like it....
WHICH reminds me that i made pasta with chickpea flour that was pretty good....i'm going to go look for the recipe i posted...
MY substitute for watermelon IS stewed apples.....i have a couple of dozen apples on my counter downstairs and i'm going to fill my 4 quart pot with them tomorrow...they're sweet enough for me without anything else when LOADED with cinnamon...and, i can eat a BIG bowl........i HATE portion control.....    

I was wondering about cornstarch.  Now, I know.  Thanks, Joyful Friend

Thanks Niki!  I will be careful. Now that you mention it - it probably won;t taste very good. I am going to try to make the apple chips instead.  Saturdays at my house has me looking like the nutty professor with all the gadgets, measuring cups and vegetables all over the place. OY!
J

:-) I just LOVE Harrison stories! 

Fried Apples at "The Ranch"...a must!

Oh, and Mary, I have three pizza pans full of butternut squash fries in the oven and if you make these 2-3 times/week I'm thinking you have been exercise.  Do you have a gadget to help with slicing?

Blessings Ya'll,
Julie

How do you make Bsquash fries?  What do they taste like?  I have 3 that my friend gave me.  I like them baked, with a little CBIB and Splenda.  Sooo good.  Joyful Friend

I am eating some fries right now. They are my favorite. I am also testing the apple chips to see if they come out ok.

BTW, I think the Squash fries are a negative calorie food; it takes so much effort to make them you must be expending more calories than you are eating

Mary, Love hearing about the budding film director.  It is so much fun seeing the world through their eyes. I miss that. I am so happy you are enjoying the rebounder. Are you noticing any changes?

Julie, Love the tag line - is that new?  I never noticed that before.

The apple chips didn't come out too great. I will probably try again at a lower temp and longer time.

J

Is the apple juice ok for eating many times each week, or is this only a "once in a while."  These were absolutely delicious!  I made 1/2 batch and used 1 t cornstarch and about a cup total.  Going to an Apple Festival this weekend to get more apples!

Thanks, Kathy

abbys mom wrote:Is the apple juice ok for eating many times each week, or is this only a "once in a while."  

the real question here is about wether it's acceptable to drink juice and eat cornstarch regularly...the answer is no....
i recommend eating the whole fruit for the best results and i don't recommend even dried fruit, NOT if you want max results....i even found down the line, after i lost all the weight i wanted to lose, that not eating popcorn gave me better results..

women lose harder than men........women that have less than 50 pounds to lose lose slower than women who have a lot to lose....
the only women who DON'T know wether they're good losers are really thin ones that have never dieted...everyone else KNOWS...

someone who loses slowly using other methods in the past, is NOT going to go on let's do lunch, drink juice,eat dried fruit, popcorn and melt away to nothing.......they have to KNOW that they have to do what i did which is REALLY totally fine and a great way to eat.............basic let's do lunch..........bq

Niki,

So when you make the apples, do you usually cook them in water and then season with lots of cinnamon?  Are they still tart at all?

With the weather getting colder, it is getting harder to have the cold fruit smoothies...so I thought it might be a nice replacement sometimes for me.

Thanks, Kathy (who is getting ready for some possible snow tonight in west central MN!)

thumbs up for this recipe...
soooo good!
I used white grape juice concentrate instead of apple juice.