Apple Recipes

Apple recipes and autumn time go hand and hand. In September school's decorate their classrooms in apples, families go to apple orchards and many families bake apple pie. If you are lucky enough to have an apple tree at your house you are busy harvesting apples in September. Whether it is yellow, red or green, there are well over 20 different varieties of apples, which makes for a lot of apple recipes throughout the world!!




Learn about Apple Food Facts.

Apple Turnovers
This recipe is one the kids will love to put together but it has many steps. So if you have a younger chef break the steps into smaller tasks. For example, prepare the dough and the filling yourself, then call the kids in to help put the turnovers together.

1 8oz pkg. cream cheese, softened
¾ Cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg, separated
3 Tablespoons cold water, divided
2 Cups flour
7 Cups thinly sliced peeled apples (about 6)
¾ Cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

In a mixing bowl, mix cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Then separate egg yolk from egg white. Chill the egg white to use later. Beat egg yolk and 2 Tablespoons cold water into cream cheese mixture. Gradually beat in flour until well blended. Shape mixture into a ball and chill 1 hour. This will be the turnover dough.
In saucepan, toss apples with sugar and cinnamon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes until apples are tender. Roll pastry dough to 1/8 in. thickness; cut circles with a biscuit cutter. If you'd like bigger turnovers use a small bowl and cut out around the bowl. Top each circle with a tablespoon or more of apple mixture. Fold pastry over filling and press together with a fork.
In small bowl, whisk egg white and 1 tablespoon water. Brush over pastry and sprinkle with sugar. Place on greased cookie sheets and bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 minutes. Serve with ice cream, if desired.

Baked Apples in the Microwave
Find the apple recipe used with our Chef-in-Training kids cooking lessons #10 here.




Apple Crisp
2 large baking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1/3 Cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/3 Cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 Cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 Cup butter or margarine
Prepare apples by peeling, coring and slicing. Place in bottom of a small casserole dish. In mixing bowl add oats, sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and butter. Mix together until crumbly. You can use your hands to break up clumps. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Apple Recipe for Apple Dumplings
Pie dough or crescent roll dough
6 small cooking apples
3 Tablespoons raisins
3 Tablespoons chopped nuts
1/2 Cup sugar
1 Cup apple juice or apple cider
1/2 Cup corn syrup
2 Tablespoons butter or stick margarine
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
In mixing bowl combine raisins and nuts. Cut pie dough into squares large enough to wrap apple up in. (If using crescent roll dough push perforated edges and seal together. Then cut into squares.) Core apples and place on dough square. Stuff raisins and nut mixture into each apple. Wrap apples up joining each corner together. Place in baking dish.
Add sugar, apple juice, corn syrup, butter and cinnamon to a saucepan and boil several minutes. Pour over apples and bake in 350 degrees oven for 40 minutes until golden brown. Poke apples with a knife to see if they are tender.


Apple Pie
Need a recipe for pie crust see our Junior Chef Kids Cooking Lesson #5
Then use this apple recipe for apple pie filling:
8 medium tart apples
1/2 Cup sugar
1/4 Cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
Peel, core and slice apples thin. In a bowl, stir sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together and toss together with apples stirring to coat. Place in pie crust and top with another crust or use a crumb topping instead.
Apple Crumb Topping
¾ Cup brown sugar
¾ Cup flour
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 Cup chilled butter, cut into pieces
Mix ingredients together until crumbly.
Pour apples in pie shell and top with crumb mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.



For extra fun use extra pie dough to cut out fun shapes with cookie cutters. Use these to decorate the top of your pie.*



Apple Cake recipe from our Junior Chef kids cooking lessons.

Easy Apple Recipes and Activities for Younger Kids

Apple Recipe for Waldorf Salad
4 Cups shredded iceberg lettuce, optional
2 red apples, diced
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
¼ Cup grapes, halved
½ Cup walnuts, chopped
2 stalks celery, sliced
½ Cup Plain yogurt, optional
If using lettuce shred and place in bowl. Set aside. Have adult dice apples. Pour lemon juice over apples so they won't turn brown. Add grapes, walnuts and celery to apples and stir together. Stir yogurt over top and mix together. Serve as is or mixed with lettuce.

Chunky Applesauce in the Crock Pot
6 medium apples
1/3 Cup water
½ Cup sugar
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
Have adult peel and cut apples in chunks. Place in crock pot. Child can add water, sugar, and cinnamon to apples and stir together. Cover and cook on low 8 hours.

Apple Frogs
with our Assistant Chef Kids Cooking Lessons #2.

Kids Science Experiment: Apples
Have your child experiment with two plates of sliced apples. On one plate have them pour lemon juice on top and on the other use no lemon juice. Leave it to sit for 30 minutes and go back to see the results of their experiment.

Apple Smiles
This is an apple recipe your kids are sure to love. Cut a red apple into slices. (these are the lips) Have child spread peanut butter or cream cheese on apple slice. Place mini marshmallows(these are the teeth) on top of peanut butter and top with other apple slice.

Stuffed Apple Recipe
Have adult core apple. Child can stuff middle with peanut butter and raisins. Then eat.

Take a Field Trip to an Apple Orchard
Kids really enjoy seeing where food comes from. If you have an orchard or even a neighbor with an apple tree try and visit this apple season.

Oh, What is That Delicious Smell?
This smell can often remind us of the holiday season but why not try it now when apples are in season. Not to mention this can be great fine motor skills for your kids.
One apple
whole cloves
Have your child completely fill the apple with whole cloves. Attach a string or ribbon and hang it up to enjoy the fragrance.

Apple Centerpiece
Core two red or green apples or one of each color. Place apples on top of each other in small serving plate, basket or pretty dish. You may need to use toothpicks to stick the two apples together. Insert a long candlestick through cored middle and enjoy a nice autumn time candle light dinner with your family.

Apple Cider
2 quarts apple juice, if using apples, make 8 cups juice in juicer machine
1 teaspoon cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
¼ Cup brown sugar
Combine ingredients in crock pot and cook on low 2-3 hours. This is great for cold autumn nights. **You can also add cinnamon heart candies for fun.


We hope you enjoy cooking this autumn season with these kid's apple recipes.

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