apple yummy bread and baked apples

I've got the remainder of a bushel of apples that needs to be used before they spoil. . .and no one especially likes them, so, into Apple Yummy bread and baked apples they will go.  I know Apple Yummy Bread is a goofy name, but it's what we've always called it. 

We've made this since the girls were little.  In the fall we'd get a bushel of apples from the local orchards (great thing about living here!) and make several loaves.  They'd each take a loaf to their teacher and we'd freeze several to eat later. 

It's such an easy recipe--even little ones can measure, help cut apples, and hand stir the ingredients.


I'm also going to make baked apples for dinner.  I think this is pretty much the way my mom used to make them when we were little on the farm.

Recipe for Baked Apples
Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 4 large good baking apples
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup chopped currants, raisins, or cranberries 
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3/4 cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 375°F.  Leave the skin on but remove apple cores.  Use a pairing knife or apple corer.  If you can, try to leave the last 1/2 inch of the bottom of the apple in place (to hold the goodies inside). 


In a bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, pecans, and currants/raisins/cranberries.  Place apples in a square baking pan.  I personally like stoneware for recipes like this.  Stuff each apple with 1/4th of the mixture. Top with a dot of butter.


Add boiling water to the baking pan. Bake 30-40 minutes, until tender, but not mushy. Remove from the oven and baste the apples several times with the pan juices.


Serve warm.  Goes great with vanilla ice cream.