When the Thanksgiving cooking is done, I freeze extra applesauce for winter. We have a bit of an obsession with applesauce variations. We make a different version every year for Thanksgiving.
For holidays, we pair apples with fine cheeses for holiday parties and just eat them plain. Because, how many snacks come in their own individual servings, have an edible wrapper, and the bits left make compost and even provide seeds to make more food?
I just realized today this blog is in its tenth anniversary! What a great experience it's been sharing a decade of food with everyone kind enough to come visit here. Over the decade, I've written a few recipes! I even forget how many until I look back in the pages.
Here's nine apple recipes from the past decade of blogging, plus a new one to make ten:
Bourbon Molasses Applesauce:
8 Gala or Granny Smith Apples, cored, peeled and sliced thin
Juice of one lemon
1 cup apple cider
1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 oz. good bourbon
1/4 cup honey
Seeds of 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, discard pod or put in sugar bowl to make vanilla sugar
pinch salt
Place the apples and cider and lemon juice in a large pot, cover and heat to a simmer to cook apples. Add the molasses, boron and honey. Simmer for about 20 minutes or until apples are soft. Add the vanilla bean and salt.
Stir the apples to break them up into a chunky "home style" applesauce.
Seeds of 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, discard pod or put in sugar bowl to make vanilla sugar
pinch salt
Place the apples and cider and lemon juice in a large pot, cover and heat to a simmer to cook apples. Add the molasses, boron and honey. Simmer for about 20 minutes or until apples are soft. Add the vanilla bean and salt.
Stir the apples to break them up into a chunky "home style" applesauce.
Desserts
Red-wine Caramel Apple Tart with Gorgonzola on a Walnut Crust
Sides
Cinnamon-vanilla Applesauce
Best Applesauce Ever
Cranberry Applesauce
Applewood and Rosemary Smoked Cabbage with Roasted Apples
Salads
Fall Kale Salad
Breakfast
Applesauce Pancakes, Paired with Soft Eggs Over Polenta
Mains
Stuffed Squash (Sausage, Cranberries, Wild Rice, Sage and Apple)
Chestnut, Apple Ravioli
Sides
Cinnamon-vanilla Applesauce
Best Applesauce Ever
Cranberry Applesauce
Applewood and Rosemary Smoked Cabbage with Roasted Apples
Salads
Fall Kale Salad
Breakfast
Applesauce Pancakes, Paired with Soft Eggs Over Polenta
Mains
Stuffed Squash (Sausage, Cranberries, Wild Rice, Sage and Apple)
Chestnut, Apple Ravioli