Pumpkin Apple Mash Food

APPLE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes, apples and salt in a large saucepan; add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover and cook for 12 minutes or until tender., Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 teaspoon drippings. In the drippings, saute onion until tender., Drain the potatoes and apples. Add the butter, vinegar and sugar; mash until smooth. Top with bacon, onion and nutmeg.

APPLE-PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick liners. Peel and core the apple and cut into 12 wedges, then slice the wedges crosswise into small triangular pieces. Combine the apple pieces, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter and a pinch each of cinnamon and salt in a large nonstick skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the apples are browned and softened, 4 to 6 minutes. Let cool completely.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Whisk the remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 6 tablespoons melted butter, 1 cup milk, the pumpkin, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the eggs in a medium bowl; stir into the flour mixture until just combined.
• Divide the batter among the muffin cups, filling them three-quarters of the way. Spoon the apples into the center of each. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Let the muffins cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: Stir the confectioners' sugar with 1 1/2 teaspoons milk and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon vanilla in a small bowl until smooth, gradually adding up to 1 more teaspoon milk if needed. Drizzle the glaze over the muffins. Let set 10 minutes.

APPLE SMASH

Steps:

• Mash an apple slice in the base of a glass with a muddler. Add ingredients other than the cinnamon; shake and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a whole apple slice dusted with freshly grated cinnamon.

PUMPKIN-APPLE STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• For apples:
• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples; sauté until apples begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Add sugar and cinnamon and sauté until golden brown, about 3 minutes longer. Cool.
• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Combine flour, brown sugar, butter, and salt in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat until mixture resembles coarse meal. Set aside 2/3 cup of mixture for topping. Beat pumpkin, sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, spice, and baking soda into remaining flour mixture, beating just until smooth. Beat in eggs. Transfer batter to pan. Scatter apples evenly over top. Sprinkle reserved topping over apples.
• Bake cake until topping is golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack 20 minutes. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides from cake. Transfer cake to platter. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.) Serve warm or at room temperature with ice cream.

DUTCH APPLE-PUMPKIN CRISP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spread apples over bottom of 9-inch glass pie plate. Microwave uncovered on High 4 to 6 minutes or until apples are crisp-tender.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, toss 3/4 cup flour, the brown sugar, butter and 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice until crumbly. Set aside.
• In medium bowl, beat remaining ingredients except whipped cream with wire whisk until smooth. Pour over apples. Sprinkle with flour mixture. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and set. Cool 20 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

SWEET POTATO, PUMPKIN AND APPLE PUREE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Scrub sweet potatoes, and pierce in several places with a sharp knife. Pierce the apples in a few places. Line a baking sheet with foil, lightly oil the foil, and place the potatoes, pumpkin (cut side down) and apples on top. Bake the pumpkin and apples for 30 to 40 minutes, until a knife can easily be inserted right to the core of the apples (it's fine if the skin pops off the apples, or if they collapse) and the pumpkin is soft. Remove the pumpkin and apples from the oven. Continue to bake the sweet potatoes until thoroughly soft and beginning to ooze, 15 minutes or longer, depending on the size. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool until you can handle them easily.
• Turn the oven down to 350 degrees. Remove the skins from the potatoes and pumpkin. Peel and core the apples, and scrape off any apple flesh that adheres to the skin. Chop everything coarsely, and place in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Puree until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients, and blend well. Transfer to a lightly buttered 2-quart baking dish.
• Heat the puree in the 350-degree oven for 20 minutes, or until steaming. Serve hot.

PUMPKIN-APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Place an oven rack just below the center level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, and nutmeg in a large bowl; mix well.
• Beat eggs in a bowl with an electric mixer until foamy. Add white and light brown sugars and mix until well combined. Stir in pumpkin puree, oil, and vanilla until well blended. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Stir in chopped apples and pour mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 to 20 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely.

SAUSAGES WITH APPLE MASH

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in boiling, salted water for 15 mins until tender. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan and add the sausages. Cook over a medium heat for 15-20 mins, turning occasionally, until cooked through. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
• Add a knob of the butter and the onion to the pan, then cook for 15-20 mins until soft. Stir in the flour, then gradually add the stock, stirring to make a sauce. Simmer for 2 mins, then pour into a jug and keep warm.
• Cook the apples in half the remaining butter for 5-10 mins until softened. Drain the potatoes and mash well with the rest of the butter and the milk. Fold in the apple, then serve with the sausages and onion gravy.

PUMPKIN APPLE MASH

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add the onion and cook until the onion is tender-crisp.
• Stir the broth, brown sugar, thyme, black pepper and pumpkin in the saucepan and heat to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low; cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the pumpkin is tender.
• Stir the apples in the saucepan.
• Cook for 5 minutes or until the apples are tender.
• Mash the pumpkin mixture, adding additional broth, if needed, until desired consistency.