Apples Foster Aka Apple Pie Minus The Crust Food

NO RECIPE RECIPE: APPLES FOSTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. When the foaming subsides, add the vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Sprinkle sugar evenly into pan and cook until bubbly.
• Remove the pan from the heat and arrange the apples on top in a single layer. Return the pan to stove and cook over medium heat until the apples are glossy and knife tender, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add the rum. Carefully light the rum, with a long kitchen match. Return the pan to the heat and cook, shaking gently, until the flames subside. Transfer the apple mixture to serving dishes and serve immediately over ice cream.

NO PIE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For the apple pie spice: Mix together the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cardamom if using in a small bowl.
• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the apple halves core-side down on a flat surface. Before slicing, place chopsticks or wooden spoons on either side of them to make sure you don't cut all the way through. Slice almost all the way to the bottom of each apple half at 1/4-inch intervals, then place them on a sheet pan.
• Mix 1 tablespoon of the butter, 1 tablespoon of the brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of the apple pie spice and the orange juice in a pitcher. Drizzle over the apples, making sure they are well coated and the drizzle goes into the slits. Bake until they are just starting to get tender, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mix together the oats, almonds, salt, remaining melted butter, remaining brown sugar, orange zest and remaining apple pie spice. Sprinkle the oat mixture over the apples, making sure to get some between the slices without breaking the apples. Bake until the topping is slightly crisp and golden, another 10 minutes. Drizzle with honey and serve with ice cream.

BROWN SUGAR APPLE PIE (NO CRUST)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Butter a 9" pie plate.
• Pile apples in plate and sprinkle with 2/3 cup sugar, 3 TBS butter and cinnamon.
• In food processor, pulse butter and sugar until combined; add flour and salt, pulse till combined.
• Press this crumbly mixture firmly over apples.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Serve garnished with whipped cream, or ice cream if desired.
• Note: For variation, recipe can be made with peaches.

NO CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Combine 6 or 7 large cooking apples with the sugar, water, cinnamon, ground allspice in a large saucepan; bring to a boil.
• (I also add fresh grated nutmeg and a squeeze of lemon juice.)
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until apples are almost tender.
• Spoon mixture into a deep-dish 9-inch pie-plate.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt; cut in butter with a pastry blender or use finger tips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• (Next time I will use only 1/8 tsp of salt in the crumble.).
• Crumble brown sugar mixture over apples.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until top is browned.
• Serve with ice cream, if desired.
• Yield: one 9-inch pie.

APPLES FOSTER AKA APPLE PIE MINUS THE CRUST

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter and cook until it foams. Once foaming subsides, stir in sugar and spice and cook 1 minute to allow flavors to meld.
• 2. Lay apples into pan in a single layer and cook until fruit begins to caramelize, about 5 minutes.
• 3. Pour Calvados into pan. Use a long match or candle lighter to ignite alcohol. Boil until flames subside, 1 minute. Remove from heat and serve with premium ice cream or crème fraîche. I recommend Recipe #144139.
• *Demerara sugar is a type of unrefined sugar with a large grain and a pale to golden yellow color.

GRAMMIE'S NO-CRUST APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.)
• In a large bowl, combine apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, white sugar and 1/2 cup baking mix. Stir together the milk and eggs and mix into apple mixture, Pour filling into pie plate and dot with butter.
• To make the Topping: In a large bowl, combine 1 cup baking mix, walnuts, brown sugar and margarine. Mix until crumbly and sprinkle over top of apples.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until apples are cooked and topping is golden brown.

CHEMICAL APPLE PIE (NO APPLE APPLE PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C).
• Roll out pastry and set aside. Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan.
• In a small bowl mix together sugar and cream of tartar. Add mixture to boiling water. Stir, then add crackers, one at a time. Boil for 3 minutes, but do not stir.
• Pour cracker mixture into pastry-lined pie pan. Sprinkle crackers with cinnamon and dot with butter or margarine. Cover with top pastry. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until crust is golden brown. May need to cover top pastry partway through baking to prevent overbrowning.