"N. Thornton" > wrote in message
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> "Sam D." > wrote in message
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> > "Nexis" > wrote in message
> > news:q%t3d.205040$4o.182806@fed1read01...
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> > > When all was said and done, we ended up with about 4 of the 5
pound
> > bags of
> > > apples and 5 pounds of pears. I know I'll be making apple
butter,
> > since I've
> > > been hounded for months....but I thought I'd get some ideas here
for
> > other,
> > > new things to try. So....any ideas?? ;-)
>
> Apple pie is the best! I make about 60 pie servings in one shot,
> should use up a fair few apples.

There is a delicious sounding recipe in the NY Times this week.
Someone on another forum used it and said it was really good. It
requires 5 apples.

Balzano Apple Cake
NY Times, September 22, 2004

Time: 1 1/4 hours Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

1 stick butter (4 ounces), plus more for greasing pan
1/2 cup flour, plus more for pan
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean
5 Granny Smith apples
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk at room temperature
Powdered sugar.

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line 8-inch-square pan with foil, then
smear with thick layer of butter. Dust with flour; turn pan over, and
tap lightly to remove excess flour.

2. Melt butter in small saucepan. Set aside. Beat together eggs and
half of sugar in a bowl. Continue to beat while slowly adding
remaining sugar until thick; it should form a ribbon when dropped from
spoon.

3. Split vanilla bean in two lengthwise. Scrape seeds into the
egg-sugar batter and add pod to melted butter.

4. Peel, quarter and core apples, then trim ends and slice thinly.

5. Remove vanilla pod from butter and stir butter into sugar-egg
batter. Combine 1/2 cup flour and baking powder, then stir it into
batter alternately with milk. Stir in apples, coating every piece with
batter. Pour batter into pan, using fingers to pat top evenly.

6. Bake for 25 minutes, then rotate the pan; bake for about 25 minutes
more, until cake pulls away from pan and is brown on top; a
thin-bladed knife inserted into the center will come out clean when it
is done. Cool 30 minutes, then cut lengthwise and sprinkle slices with
powdered sugar.