Charoset, haroset or charoses (pronounced – ḥărōset) is a recipe made up of apples, walnuts, cinnamon and wine that is served during Passover.
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Apple Cider Cake Glaze
Here is a super easy cake involving apples and apple cider. I loved this cake as it was simple to make and making an apple cider reduction gives the cake plenty of apple flavor.
I love apple pie, apple crumble, French apple or anything apple when it comes to a dessert and yet I don’t tend to make desserts with apples. When I worked in the commercial kitchen we would experiment by making apple cakes (which was more of a batter then a crust), I just never liked the ones we would make.
For the fall, I decided I wanted to try my own version of an apple cake so I created this recipe, I did use a few other recipes as guidelines and took the best of what I read to develop this cake recipe.
The key is the reduction of the apple cider, to reduce apple cider, take a cup of cider and cook it on the stove until it becomes 1/4 cup, here is the before
and after
I used granny smith apples as they are great for baking
I shredded the peeled apples, the old fashion way using a grater, it was so much easier then pulling out the food processor
I wanted to wring out the extra moister so I placed the shredded apple in a towel and squeezed as much of the juice out that I could, do not omit this step
beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy, then add eggs, one at a time, make sure it is mixed well
In a separate bowl put “dry” ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, apple pie spice and salt) and to cream add apple cider leaving the “wet” ingredients
Just like I did in my blueberry cake, alternat adding adding 1/3 of dry ingredients, mixed until blended, add 1/2 of wet ingredients and mixed it up, add another 1/3 of dry ingreditents and mix, add all of the remaining wet ingredients, mix again and end with dry ingredients
Add the shredded apple and zest from 1 lemon and mixed it by hand until everything was incorporated. Don’t worry if your apple has some discoloration to it, it won’t matter once it’s baked up.
Put in an 8×8 pan, sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar on top and baked it for about 50-55 minutes…YUM!
Now for the glaze, while the cake was baking I did the same thing with the apple cider by taking a cup and reducing it to only 2 tablespoons. I put the apple glaze in with confectioners sugar and used just slightly over 1 tablespoon of milk, if you like your glaze more runny add more milk and if you like a more thick glaze add less milk
here is a photo of the mixed glaze
Once the cake cooled off, slice your piece and drizzle some of the glaze on top (this can be optional as well)
I loved this recipe as you can see from my photo, you do not see large chunks of apple or any apple at all, just looks like a cake. The flavor of the apple is amazing, by reducing the apple cider, you intensify the flavor even more which helps bring out the apple flavor.
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Apple Cider Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup Apple Cider
- 2 cups Granny Smith Apples (I used 3)
- 1/4 cup softened butter (4 tablespoons or half a stick)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Apple Pie Spice (optional)
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 1 Zest from a lemon
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons Sugar
- 1 cup Apple Cider
- 1 cup Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons Milk
For the Glaze
Directions
- In a small saucepan, put 1 cup of apple cider in and reduce it to 1/4 of a cup. Set aside to cool
- Peel your apples and shred them until you have 2 cups, put them in a towel and wring them until all moisture has vanished
- In a large bowl place your butter and sugar and beat until light in color. Add your eggs, one at a time until it's well mixed, mix for about 3 minutes
- In a small bowl add your flour, baking powder, baking soda, apple pie spice and salt (dry ingredients)
- In a measuring cup, measure out milk and apple cider (wet ingredients)
- With your mixer on low, alternate adding the dry ingredients first then the wet, ending with the dry until well mixed.
- Pour into your prepared 8x8 pan
- Prepare the cinnamon and sugar mixture and sprinkle that on top of your cake. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until cooked through*
- While the cake is baking, place the second cup of apple cider on the stove and reduce it down to two tablespoons make sure that it doesn’t evaporate too far.
- Place the confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl and add the reduced cider along with one tablespoon of milk and stir. Add more milk if you desire, but to it in small increments, this glaze should be thick but runny enough to drizzle off the end of a spoon.
- When the cake comes out of the oven, cool it to room temperature, cut into squares and drizzle a little glaze over just before serving. Enjoy
- * if you do not wring out the apples, there will be moisture and the cake could take longer to cook and may stay wet in the inside
For the Glaze
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Amazing Apple Pie Granola Recipe
When September hits, immediately I crave apple pie, I love a good apple pie, especially one with ice cream…YUM. While I know it’s not September…you need to know that I just couldn’t wait for something “apple”. So, I had to make my apple pie granola. I just love this recipe…and I love granola. I can eat granola with some milk in the morning or some yogurt in the afternoon, as a snack and sometimes I eat granola as a little snack late at night.
You will find this granola recipe is very different then your traditional recipes as this one tastes like an apple pie. It even starts out with apple juice that you concentrate, I’m not saying that this is a super healthy recipe, but it doesn’t use as much oil as some that I have made before. I made this apple pie granola recipe yesterday and Kelsi came home and nibbled on some of it…she was so cute as she’s like “mom it feels like Christmas with this granola”, I think it’s all that cinnamon!
Traditionally I tend to use cranberries and blueberries, in this recipe I use dehydrated apples that I chop, it adds great texture.
So, I mixed my nuts with the seasonings
I took my whole dehydrated apple
and chopped it up
mixed my oatmeal, nuts, seasonings and chopped dehydrated apples in a bowl and tossed
I added the apple juice, oil and honey and tossed again
I placed it on my lined sheet and sprinkled my brown sugar and coconut on top
I baked it for 10 minutes and tossed…see how “wet” it looks?
10 more minutes…still “wet”
10 more minutes…all done!
I let it cool off completely before I put it in my beautiful glass dish.
I know you will like this very simple and easy recipe!
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Amazing Apple Pie Granola Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 cups Old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup Pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 cup Milk powder *
- 1 cup Apple juice
- 1/2 cup Oil
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Cinnamon, ground
- 1/2 teaspoon Cloves, ground
- 1 1/2 cups Dehydrated apples, chopped large
- 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Almond extract
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons Coconut, shredded (I used sweetened and unsweetened)
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place apple juice in a pan and cook on medium low heat until it reduces down to 3/4 of a cup. Once your apple juice reduces to the 3/4 of a cup, add your honey, oil, and salt.
- While your apple juice is reducing, put your granola, milk powder*, chopped nuts, seasonings and nuts in the bowl and toss. Add your apple juice, honey and oil.
- Once it's all well mixed, pour your mixed oatmeal onto your prepared baking sheet, add your almond extract. Add the brown sugar and coconut flakes and almond extract.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes tossing every 10 minutes and until it's done.
*I forgot to add the milk powder, I'm sorry
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Sangria with Strawberry, Blueberry, Apple and Basil
If any of you have been to my house, you would know that while I could make a great meal…making the cocktail to go along with it is not my thing. That being said, I can open a great bottle of wine or even take the cap off of a beer (lol). I do enjoy the drinking a cocktail part, just not so good at making it. Today I was having a special friend come over for lunch and I thought I’d make a drink to go along with our meal. Being that it was a luncheon, I didn’t want anything too strong…let me tell you this…the menu planning was much easier then the drinking menu!
I do like drinking sangrias so I thought why not make a simple sangria but maybe not a traditional sangria…I found this recipe on the web and while I did change it a bit, I can not claim it as my very own as I would never have thought of adding basil in this drink but “OMG” did it make the drink complete.
For those of you challenged or not challenged in making drinks, this is a pretty simple and tasty drink. I would recommend making this the night before you serve it or early in morning. Basically you cut up all your fruit, I used chopped apples and strawberries and placed them in your pitcher, pour your wine and sugar water on top, add your grape juice and then chop up your basil and placed that on top as well.
here is a side view
I then stirred it up
doesn’t it look pretty already? I covered it with saran wrap and placed it in my fridge. Just before my friend came over, I added sparkling mineral water and blueberries and stirred it up, I then poured over ice and served!
here is a shot with the blueberry and a different glass…
how inviting is that? From sitting in the fridge over night it turned into this beautiful color, a little girly and perfect for my luncheon! It was so delicious and the perfect drink for summer…let me know what you think!
Here is a shot of my table, prior to platting our salads…
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Sangria with Strawberry/Apple and Basil
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Strawberries, fresh not frozen
- 1 Apple
- 10 Basil leaves, sliced thin
- 1/2 cup Blueberries, fresh not frozen
- 1 bottle Sauvignon blanc
- 1 cup White grape juice
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup Boiling water
- 1 cup Mineral Water
Directions
- Take your boiling water and place your sugar in it so that it creates a sugar water. Set aside to cool off.
- Cut your apples and strawberries into small pieces and place in your pitcher. Pour your wine and grape juice on top of your cut fruit. Add the sugar water.
- Slice your basil into thin slices and add to your pitcher. Stir.
- Cover your pitcher with some saran wrap and place in your fridge. Just before serving add your blueberries and mineral water. Stir and serve.
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Sour Apple Caramel Cookie
There is always that special feeling you get when walk in the door and you smell an apple pie baking in the oven…a warm apple pie immediately gives you a sense that a house is a home. These cookies do just that, they transform your house to a home!
This cookie has it all, it tastes a little sour, very sweet and a little bit like that “caramel apple lollipop” you grew up loving. I know you know the one I’m talking about…that sour green apple, caramel lollipop? So, I was looking for a new recipe to try, something that felt more fall like and voilà…bam…here it is. I read a bunch of recipes and ultimately modified a recipe to make it my own.
The only change i would make on these is the caramel, I think next time I’ll cut the caramel into tiny pieces and throw it in the dough this way you get a bite of caramel in every bite you take.
Sour Apple Caramel Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 8 (4 oz) packs of apple cider powdered mix
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I did a heaping teaspoon)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Bag of soft caramels
Directions
- In a large bowl, cream your butter with both the brown and white sugar. Beat for 4-5 minutes. While it's beating, in a small bowl, place your apple cider powdered mix with your cinnamon and put aside. And in a medium sized bowl add your flour, salt and baking soda, place that aside as well.
- To the creamed butter/sugar mix, add your eggs, one at a time and then the vanilla extract. Once it's completely mixed. Add the apple cider powder mix and mix until well blended. Add the flour mixture and mix until it's well mixed.
- Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour. While the dough is in the refrigerator, start unwrapping your caramels, I would then cut them into bits.
- Preheat your oven to 350. Fold your bits into the dough and scoop out, I did 36 cookies using my scooper. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
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