AppleTime

This week, American Profile presents two recipes perfect for newly ripened apples.
Cooks always have enjoyed using fresh apples, and during the fall the best varieties for baking—Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland and Winesap—are available at produce stands and U-pick orchards. This week, American Profile presents two recipes perfect for newly ripened apples.

Darlene Reinoehl of Klingerstown, Pa., sent us her recipe for Fresh Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, which combines the wonderful flavors of apples and cinnamon. “My aunt, who was a wonderful old-time cook, gave me this recipe,” Reinoehl says.

The recipe for Apple Crunch is another old-fashioned dessert that calls for the fall’s best, firmest fruit. “This recipe was given to me by my mother-in-law in 1949,” says Pat Gore of Grain Valley, Mo. “I have used it so much the card is soiled, and I have taped it together in several places. I want to keep the original card for my children.”

As always, American Profile looks forward to receiving your recipes and sharing them with our millions of readers across the nation. To submit a recipe of your own, send it, along with the story behind it and a color photograph of yourself, to: Hometown Recipes, American Profile, 341 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400, Franklin, TN 37067. Please note that recipes and photos will not be returned.


Apple Crunch

submitted by reader Pat Gore of Grain Valley, MO

Ingredients
6 large apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease an 8-inch-square baking pan.
2. Spread apples in pan. Top with granulated sugar and sprinkle with nutmeg or cinnamon.
3. Mix together flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter using a pastry cutter or your fingers until mixture resembles coarse meal. Spread over apples.
4. Bake 1 hour. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Serves 6 to 8.


Fresh Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

submitted by reader Darlene Reinoehl of Klingerstown, PA

Ingredients
Cake:
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups peeled and chopped apples
1 cup chopped walnuts

Cream Cheese Icing:
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 (1-pound) box confectioners’ sugar
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 13-by-9-inch baking dish.
2. Beat sugar, eggs and oil together with a mixer until well blended. Mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in apples and walnuts, mixing well.
3. Pour into baking dish. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Let cool before icing.
4. To prepare the icing, mix butter, sugar, cream cheese and vanilla. Spread on cooled cake. Serves 20.

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