Spiced Apples And Raisins Recipes

SAUTEED APPLES AND RAISINS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter; add apples. Cook and stir over medium heat for 6-7 minutes or until almost tender. Dissolve cornstarch in water; add to skillet. Add brown sugar and raisins; bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon juice. Serve warm.

APPLE AND RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over low heat. Add apples, and increase the heat to medium-high. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the white wine, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and golden raisins. Cook over medium heat until the liquid has reduced and is thick.

SPICED APPLE AND RAISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• In medium skillet, cook apple over medium low heat in butter until tender; stir in brown sugar, raisins, cinnamon and cloves.
• In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients; blend well then stir into apple mixture, stirring constantly.
• Serve warm alongside poultry or over ice cream.

THICK PORK CHOPS WITH SPICED APPLES AND RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixing bowl combine the water, brown sugar, sea salt, apple juice concentrate, peppercorns, and thyme. Give it a good stir to dissolve the sugar and salt. Transfer the mixture to an extra-large re-sealable plastic bag. Submerge the pork chops in the brine, seal up the bag, and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours to tenderize the meat. Do not brine longer than that or the meat will break down too much and get mushy.
• Remove the pork chops from the brine and pat them dry with paper towels. Sprinkle both sides of the meat with salt and pepper. Put a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add a 3-count drizzle of olive oil and get it hot. Lay 2 pork chops in the pan (most likely only 2 of these massive pork chops will fit comfortably) and brown 4 minutes per side. Remove the pork chops to a large baking pan; brown the remaining 2 chops and add them to the others in the pan. Put the baking pan in the oven and roast the chops for 30 minutes. The pork is done when the center is still rosy and the internal temperature reads 140 to 145 degrees F when tested with an instant-read thermometer.
• While the chops cook, melt the butter in a clean skillet over medium-low heat. Add the apples and thyme and coat in the butter; cook and stir for 8 minutes to give them some color. Toss in the raisins and add the apple juice, stirring to scrape up the brown bits. Stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and dry mustard; season with salt and pepper. Squeeze in the juice from the lemon to wake up the flavor and simmer for 10 minutes or until the apples break down and soften. Spoon the spiced apples over the pork chops.

GOLDEN APPLE RAISIN SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil or coat an 8x8-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. Whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a large bowl.
• Combine the eggs, applesauce, sugar, oil, and apple in a separate bowl, and whisk until well blended. Pour the liquid ingredients over the dry ingredients and stir until just moistened. Stir in the raisins. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Smooth with a rubber scraper.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

APPLE RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins in a small bowl; cover with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside. , In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, baking soda and ginger; add to creamed mixture just until blended. Stir in walnuts and raisins. , Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., Serve with Hard Sauce (recipe also in Recipe Finder).

SPICED RAISIN AND APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• For Topping
• Mix first 3 ingredients in small bowl. Add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture begins to form small moist clumps.
• For Apples:
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Combine apples, raisins, apple juice, sugar, cinnamon and cloves in heavy large saucepan. Cook over medium heat until apples are tender, stirring occasionally, about 13 minutes. Transfer mixture to 9-inch glass pie dish.
• Sprinkle topping over apples. Bake until topping is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Spoon dessert onto plates. Top with whipped cream or ice cream.

CROCK POT BAKED APPLES WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• Core the apples and peel each about 1/4 of the way down.
• Put them in the crock pot.
• Fill the centers of the apples with the raisins.
• Mix the water with the butter, the cinnamon, and the nutmeg.
• Pour it over the apples and cook on low for 2 to 4 hours.
• Serve warm or cold.

SPICED APPLE PIE WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• For crust:
• Mix flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add shortening and butter. Using on/off turns, process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Transfer flour mixture to large bowl. Combine 7 tablespoons ice water and 2 1/2 teaspoons vinegar in small bowl; pour over flour mixture. Stir with fork until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if needed. Gather dough into ball; divide into 2 pieces. Flatten each into disk. Wrap each separately in plastic; chill 20 minutes.
• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix all ingredients in large bowl; toss. Roll out 1 dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch-diameter deep-dish glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 1 inch. Spoon filling into dough-lined dish. Roll out second dough disk on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. With star cookie cutter, cut out several stars from center of crust. Fold crust in half and transfer to top of filling. Unfold crust. Press top and bottom crust edges together to seal. Crimp edges decoratively. Place cutout stars around edge of crust.
• Bake pie until apples are tender and juices are bubbling thickly, covering edges with foil if browning too quickly, about 1 hour 45 minutes. Cool on rack 1 hour. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Let stand on rack.) Serve with ice cream.