Pork Chops and Apples
2 Tbsp butter (or
margarine)
6 pork chops
4 apples, peeled, cored
& sliced
¼ cup brown
sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
Brown pork chops on both
sides. Place apple slices in greased baking dish. Combine
brown sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over apples. Add pork
chops. Cover and bake in 325 degree oven for 1 ½ hours. Serves
six.
Apple-Sweet Potato Casserole
3 medium sweet potatoes
1 tsp brown
sugar
½ cup sugar
1 slice ham (½ inch
thick)
¼ tsp salt
1 qt apples,
sliced
1 cup biscuit
mix
Peel sweet potatoes and
cook until tender. Add ¼ tsp salt and 1 tsp brown sugar. Cook
1 qt apples until tender. Add ½ cup sugar.
In a small bowl combine 1
cup biscuit mix and amount of water recommended on package. Roll out
dough and cut the size to fit casserole.
Place apples in bottom,
arrange sweet potatoes which have been cut in 3 pieces. Add a piece
of sweet potato and then a biscuit around edge of casserole, alternating
sweet potatoes and biscuits until circle is filled. Add 1 slice of
ham in the center. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until
biscuits are light brown.
Apple Meat Loaf
1 cup
applesauce
3 Tbsp minced
onions
1 tsp prepared
mustard
2 tsp salt
2 cups soft bread
crumbs
2 lbs ground beef (or can
use 1 ½ lbs ground beef and ½ lb ground pork)
1/3 cup tomato
sauce
¼ cup minced green
peppers
½ tsp pepper
1 egg, beaten
Combine and heat in saucepan: applesauce, tomato sauce, minced onions, green peppers, mustard, salt and pepper. Pour over soft bread crumbs in bowl and mix well. Add egg and ground beef (or beef and pork). Mix thoroughly with hands, pack loosely in bread pan or round loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours and at end of 45 minutes pour off accumulated fat and begin basting with apple glaze.
Apple Glaze:
1 cup applesauce
2 Tbsp vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
Brush on glaze at 10-minute intervals. Mix
in pan drippings to make sauce. Serve over rice and meat.
Serves 8.
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Apple Stuffing
¼ cup
margarine
½ cup chopped
celery
½ cup chopped
onion
3 Tbsp chopped
parsley
2 qts. peeled, diced
apples
¼ cup brown
sugar
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp sage
2 cups dry bread
cubes
Cook onions, celery and
parsley slowly in melted margarine. Add apples and brown
sugar. Cover and cook slowly until apples are tender but firm.
Add salt, pepper, sage and bread cubes. Toss lightly with a
fork. Place in greased casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes at 350
degrees. Makes about 8 servings.
*Memo to meal planner:
This is especially good with roast pork, goose or turkey.
Apple and Frankfurter
Skillet
2 Tbsp
margarine
1 jar (1 lb) red
cabbage
1/8 tsp
allspice
2 lg Golden Delicious or
Winesap apples, cored and sliced
½ cup chopped
onion
1/8 tsp salt
1 lb frankfurters or
knockwurst
In large skillet, in hot
margarine, sauté onion for 5 minutes, stirring until tender. Add red
cabbage, vinegar, salt and allspice. Toss together. Slash
frankfurters halfway through and arrange with apple slices on top of
cabbage mixture. Heat to boiling. Cover and simmer about 15
minutes until apples are tender and frankfurters are heated through.
Uncover and boil rapidly a minute or two to reduce liquid, if
necessary. Serve with mashed potatoes. Serves
4-5.
Pan Fried Apples
6 tart apples peeled and
sliced to 1/4"
1 tbsp. butter
1/3 cup brown
sugar
1/4 cup maple
syrup
cinnamon and nutmeg to
taste
Melt butter in skillet
and add sliced apples. Sprinkle with sugar, syrup and spices. Cover and
sauté until tender.
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