Category: Cooking

Apple Pie

This recipe makes 1 small pie.

Ingredients:

  • 1 ¼ medium sized apple or 1 large apple
  • 2 heaping tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pie dough (1 package of pie dough makes about 3 small pies)

Tools:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Prepare your pie dough. Wipe, quarter, core, peel and slice apples.
  3. Combine sugar and cinnamon. The amount of sugar used depends on how tart your apples are.
  4. Arrange apples in layers in pastry lined pie plate. Sprinkle each layer with sugar and cinnamon.  Dot top layer with small pieces of butter.  Cover with top crust.
  5. Place on lowest rack in oven. Bake for 10 minutes then reduce oventemperature to 350.  Bake for 30-35 minutes longer.

Sweet Potato Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¾ cup mashed sweet potato (approximately 1 medium sweet potato)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • Mixture for coating – ¼ cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Stir in the mashed sweet potato and mix until smooth.
  3. Add in the cinnamon, salt, baking soda and vanilla.  Mix to combine.
  4. Add in the flour and mix until the dough just comes together.
  5. Combine the sugar and cinnamon for the coating in a small bowl.
  6. Scoop out evenly sized spoonfuls of the cookie dough (about the size of a golfball) and roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture until completely coated.
  7. Place on the baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough.
  8. Using the palm of your hand to lightly flatten the cookies.
  9. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, rotating the trash halfway through.
  10. Let cool slightly and serve.

Churro Donuts

Ingredients:

For the muffin:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 cup applesauce
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the topping:

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted

Tools:

  • Large mixing bowl for dry ingredients
  • Small mixing bowl for wet ingredients
  • Small mixing bowl for topping
  • Donut tins or muffin tins
  • Spatula for mixing
  • Spoon for filling donut tins

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350.  Butter the donut tins.  These can also be made into muffins if you prefer.
  2. Measure the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon into a large mixing bowl and stir it all together.
  3. Mix the applesauce, milk, melted butter and vanilla extract.  Pour it over the flour mixture and stir until all the flour disappears.
  4. Spoon the batter into the donut tins, filling each about two-thirds full.
  5. Bake for about 15 minutes.  Cool slightly.
  6. Mix together the sugar, cinnamon and melted butter for the topping.  Dip the donuts in the mixture or use a knife to spread the mixture over each donut.