Cinnamon Apples

It's the time of the year, that brings out old cook books and recipes and the kitchen is full of hustle and bustle. You tend to call your mom for her secret recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. These joyful times are incomplete without the cinnamon apples recipes. If you too are looking forward to know more on how to make cinnamon apples, then the following cinnamon apple recipes will prove to be very useful.

How to Make Cinnamon Apples?
Ingredients

• 2 cups fat-free milk
• 1/3 cup cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar (packed) or brown sugar substitute
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 medium cooking apples wedges
• ¼ cup raisins
• Cooking oil spray

Method of Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350º F. Coat six '6' ounce custard cups with non-stick cooking spray and place in baking pan. Keep the pan aside for a while. Now in a medium saucepan, heat 1½ cup milk over medium heat, till it boils. Mix cornmeal with the remaining ½ cup of milk in a small bowl. Then whisk the cornmeal slowly into hot milk. Cook and stir the mixture, till it begins to boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for another 5 minutes. Remove the milk pan from heat.

Stir in the sugar, cinnamon and salt into the milk. Beat an egg with a fork in a small bowl and then add it to the hot milk mixture. Stir in the apples and raisins. Now, divide the mixture equally in 6 custard cups. Bake the custard bowls for 30 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center of the baked custard comes out clean. Cool the custard bowls on a wire rake for 20 minutes. Serve the cinnamon apples warm.

How to Fry Cinnamon Apples
Ingredients

• 1 or 2 apples
• A dash or more of cinnamon

Method of Preparation

Slice the apples in to very thin slices. Put a thick slice of butter into a frying pan and fry the apples. Let the apples sit for 5 minutes. Make sure the apples do not get burned. Once apples are as soft as desired, put a dash of cinnamon into the pan. You should add only a dash or so of cinnamon to avoid burning of the apples. Toss the apples and cinnamon in the pan for about a minute. Now place the apples in a serving bowl and relish your fried cinnamon apples!

Baked Cinnamon Apples
Ingredients

• 4 large apples
• 4 (18 x 12) inches heavy-duty foil sheets, lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• ¼ cup dried cranberries
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into 4 pieces
• Vanilla ice cream

Method of Preparation

Preheat oven to 450° F. Cut the apples and using paring knife trim off ½ inch strip around the top of each apple. Place each apple at the center of foil sheet. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, cranberries and cinnamon. Fill apples with sugar mixture and sprinkle any excess around pared rim. Place 1 piece of butter on sugar mixture and press gently. Double fold sides and ends of foil to seal packets. Leave some head space for heat circulation. Place the sealed apples on baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes and remove from oven. Carefully open the foil packets and shape foil around apples. Bake for 10 minutes more till apples are tender. Remove from oven and transfer apples to bowls. Spoon remaining liquid over apples. Serve warm apples with some vanilla ice cream.

Cinnamon Apples in Microwave
Ingredients

• 1 medium apple, cored and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• Butter flavored cooking spray

Method of Preparation

Spray a microwave baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray and place thinly sliced apples in a single layer. Spray the apples with butter flavored cooking spray. Mix cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Sprinkle cinnamon mixture over apples evenly. Microwave for 2-3 minutes and check about every minute till apples are as soft as desired.

Cinnamon Apples in Crock Pot
Ingredients

• 6 large tart apples, cored, sliced and peeled
• 1 cup golden raisin
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 4 tablespoons butter, sliced

Method of Preparation

Add all ingredients except butter in the crock pot and stir well. Coat all the apple slices and place slices of butter on top of the apples. Cook on high for 1½ to 2 hours. You can even cook on low for 3½ to 4 hours and stir once half way through. Serve warm.

These are a few cinnamon apple recipes that you can enjoy cooking in your kitchen. There are many cinnamon apple wedges available in the market that are ready to eat cinnamon apples. There are about 199 cinnamon apples calories per serving. You can try making these easy to cook cinnamon apple recipes and give your family a sweet treat.