"Martee" > wrote in message
.. .
> Neighbor Bob dropped off another bag of apples (about 5 lbs) along
> with
> another tomato this morning.

Apples already! Hooray for Neighbor Bob. I can't wait for apple
season!

>
> Anyone have some easyish apple ideas?

The following recipe is *wonderful* and beats the pants off of plain old
applesauce, if you ask me. It was in the Washington Post last year:

Roasted Mashed Apple-Pear Sauce.

8 apples (McIntosh are suggestd), peeled, cored and quartered
4 almost ripe pears (Bosc are suggested), peeled, cored and quartered
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
1/4 cup granulated sugar (or some maple syrup...I'm sure Splenda would
work, but you'd need to reduce the amount)
Pinch salt

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, w/ oven rack in middle position.

In large roasting pan or casserole, toss the apples, pears, butter,
sugar and salt together. Cover tightly with foil. Roast for 25
minutes, uncovering to stir once or twice (no big deal if you forget,
though).

Uncover the pan and roast for another 5-10 minutes, until fruit feels
quite tender when pierced w/ sharp knife.

Remove pan from oven and use a potato masher to mash fruit to desired
consistency (I like it slightly chunky).


>
> Looking more for apple quick bread or muffin ideas that I can freeze.
> Just
> Mom and myself and she cant chew raw apples.
> We are both diabetic so recipes using splenda or a splenda/sugar combo
> appreciated but regular recipes are more then welcome also.


But here's a simple, but very yummy, apple-walnut cake that's so easy to
make. I have made this w/ Splenda and with white whole wheat flour
subbed for 1/4 of the white flour and it turns out just wonderfully.
Very moist. I have used other kinds of apples besides Granny Smith, and
they all work fine.


APPLE-WALNUT CAKE from Bon Appetit via epicurious.com


2 cups diced peeled tart green apples (such as Granny Smith; about 1 1/2
large)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled
1 large egg
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter and flour 8x8x2-inch baking pan. Mix diced
apples, sugar, butter and egg in large bowl to blend. Sift flour,
cinnamon, baking soda and salt over. Add chopped walnuts; mix
thoroughly. Transfer mixture to prepared pan.

Bake until cake is brown and crusty on top and tester inserted into
center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack.

Serves 12.
Bon Appétit
February 1996
Sandra Rudloff: Los Altos, California


And here's Apple and Cinnamon Oatmeal Pancakes, from Gourmet magazine:

1 1/4 cups buttermilk
2/3 cup quick-cooking rolled oats (not instant)
1 large egg, beaten lightly
2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
2/3 cup firmly packed grated peeled Granny Smith apple, excess juice
squeezed out
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons vegetable oil plus additional for brushing the griddle
maple syrup as an accompaniment

In a bowl whisk together 1 cup of the buttermilk and the oats and let
the mixture stand for 15 minutes. In a large bowl whisk together the
egg, the brown sugar, and the apple. Stir in the flours, the baking
soda, the salt, the cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of the oil, the oats
mixture, and the remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk and combine the batter
well. Heat a griddle over moderate heat until it is hot enough to make
drops of water scatter over its surface, brush it with the additional
oil, and drop the batter by half-filled 1/4-cup measures onto it. Cook
the pancakes for 1 to 2 minutes on each side, or until they are golden
and cooked through. Serve the pancakes with syrup.

Makes twelve-4-inch pancakes, serving 2.
Gourmet
September 1990

Here are my comments on the recipe in my review on epicurious.com:

Definitely awesome pancakes! We didn't have any quick oats, so I pulsed
some regular oatmeal in the blender until I had 2/3 a cup of oatmeal
that was powdery, yet still had some whole flakes in it. Also, I use 8T
white whole wheat flour plus 4T. white AP flour. We didn't measure the
apple, just grated it over the batter (the kids were hungry, and we had
already waited for the oatmeal to soak!). My picky kids loved these
healthy pancakes!! So did I!