We have lots of apples in our kitchen these days. Between the twenty pound box of Fujis on our counter and the gallon of apple cider in our fridge, we have no excuse for getting sick this Fall, as we're all eating much more than one measly apple each day.
I've been making Ezra and Reuben various kinds of cooked apples, which they absolutely love. I make them baked: with butter, cinnamon and salt in a 350 oven for about 30 minutes; sauteed: in a heavy frying pan, again with butter, cinnamon and salt and boiled: with a little water and cinnamon, which makes kind of a chunky applesauce. All of these versions taste great with some plain yogurt or on top of oatmeal.
On Sunday, we made these apple cider donuts. They were a really fun, multi-part project: first we needed to go to the store to buy a donut cutter, then we needed to reduce the cider, then make the dough, let it freeze, cut out the donuts, let them chill, fry them up and then, the crucial last step, roll them in cinammon sugar. Only the reducing the cider and the frying parts were "Mama only"; the rest were great for little hands. And the eating of the donuts was definitely good for little bellies and big bellies alike!
"I like his E shirt." -Sadie
Posted by: ann | October 14, 2010 at 04:38 AM