Harvest Apple Cranberry Bake Food

BAKED APPLES AND CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Grease a 2-qt baking dish. Spread cranberries and apples in the dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup sugar.
• In a small bowl mix the oats, brown sugar, and pecans until well combined. Add the butter, stirring until mixed.
• Sprinkle the oat mixture over the fruit in the baking dish.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

SWEET POTATO, APPLE, AND CRANBERRY BAKE

Steps:

• Put sweet potatoes in a large saucepan.
• Add enough water to cover the potatoes.
• Bring to a boil; cover and cook until potatoes are'fork' tender.
• Cool slightly.
• Combine water, sugar, and cranberries in a medium saucepan.
• Cook until cranberries pop.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13" X 9" X 2" baking dish.
• Layer the sweet potatoes, apple slices, and cooked cranberries in baking dish.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter.
• Pour water (or orange juice) over top.
• Last, the peacon halves on top.
• Bake in oven for 30 minutes or until tender.

CRANBERRY APPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly spray a 9-inch pie dish with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside. Make sure your apples are sliced and ready to go.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter on low heat. When it begins to bubble, whisk in the brown sugar. Continue to stir until smooth. Then, leave on heat for about 2 minutes until it begins to bubble. Stir, then remove from heat and allow to briefly cool for a couple minutes. Layer the sliced apples and cranberries into the dish and pour the butter/sugar overtop. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C).
• In a medium bowl, toss the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger together until combined. Set aside.
• Using a handheld or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on high until creamy - about 1 minute. Add the brown sugar and beat on medium-high speed until creamed together, about 2-3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Beat in the egg yolks and vanilla on medium speed until everything is combined, about 2 full minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients in three additions alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients, and mixing each addition just until incorporated. Do not overmix. Whisk or beat the 2 egg whites until thick and foamy, about 3 minutes. Fold into cake batter. The batter will be smooth, velvety, and thick.
• Spoon or pour batter over the apples/cranberries and bake for 40-44 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the very middle comes out clean. Allow to cool for exactly ten minutes before inverting onto a large serving dish or cake stand. Serve warm or at room temperature. I prefer it at room temperature. Leftovers keep well covered tightly at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 2 days.

BOREAL FOREST CRANBERRY BROWNIES

Steps:

• NOTE: to make cranberry juice for icing (if you don't have bottle juice on hand) simmer cranberries for brownies a few minutes in 1/8 cup water. Drain and reserve liquid and use berries in brownies.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Coat a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Melt 1 cup butter in large saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup cocoa powder. Add 2 cups sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoons almond extract; stir until well blended.
• Stir chocolate mixture into flour mixture. Add cranberries and nuts and mix just until blended.
• Pour batter into baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool completely and frost.
• FROSTING: Melt 3 tbls. butter in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/3 cup cocoa powder, 1/4 teaspoons almond extract, cranberry sauce and juice; stir well.
• Add confectioners' sugar; mix until well blended.

APPLE-CRANBERRY HARVEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; position oven rack in the middle of oven; spray cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a big mixing bowl, add half the cake mix along with cinnamon, oil, and eggs; blend with an electric mixer on med-high speed, 1-2 minutes, until blended and smooth.
• Stir in the remaining cake mix, apple, and cranberries with a wooden spoon until all dry ingredients are moistened.
• Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto prepared cookie sheets.
• Sprinkle tops with a few chopped walnuts; gently press into the dough.
• Bake 9-12 minutes or until set at edges and just barely set at center when lightly touched.
• Cool 1 minute on sheets; transfer to wire racks with a metal spatula and cool completely.

APPLE HARVEST BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine oats, apple juice and oil in a small bowl; let stand 10 minutes. Stir in egg whites and vanilla.
• Pour margarine in the bottom of a 9-inch cake pan coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar. Arrange apple slices spoke-like on top of brown sugar, working from the center of pan to edge.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl, stir with a whisk. Add oat mixture; stir just until moist. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes. Place a plate upside down on top of cake; invert onto plate. Cut into wedges. Makes 8 servings.