Sheet...Happens....

 

Try Sheet Pie... Apple Sheet Pie to be specific. Rose Wilde, who wrote the new cookbook Bread and Roses, stopped Tonia's Kitchen with a delicious recipe for Sheet Apple Pie with Khorasan. Rose told Tonia Khorasan is a sandy, buttery grain that leaves the pie with a delicious texture. She adds she uses an all-butter crust and is an excellent value because it really feeds a crowd! In addition, the pie offers an excellent crust to filling ratio. Also, it's really delicious!

Pefection with Apples

   

She calls this one, her perfect recipe.  And that's a pretty tall order considering there's so many great ones in Olwen Woodier's The Apple Cookbook.  Olwen stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about her fantastic Gingerbread Apple Cake.  Not only is it not heavy, it's not light or airy.  In fact, one of the reason's Olwen calls it her perfect recipe, is because it's just right!  The cake is made with molasses and cinnamon (and apples of course.) Olwen told Tonia that whenever she makes it, this cake is always a hit!  Find out for yourself!

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup molasses

2 large eggs

1 cup applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground ginger

                                                                                       1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish. Melt butter over low heat. Pour into a medium-size bowl. Beat in sugar and molasses. Add eggs one at a time and beat. Beat in applesauce. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon into applesauce mixture and stir well to combine thoroughly. Spoon into baking dish and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool for 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Serves 18

Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Your Air Fryer, But Were Afraid to Ask

 

You know, when you think of the humble air fryer, you might think it's only useful for making delicious fried delicacies without the grease, sans the name! But the air fryer can do so much more. Just look at the new cookbook from Becky Abbott and Jennifer West titled Air Fryer All Day. Both stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about a very fall-like casserole that really brings on the flavor no matter the season. Both told Tonia it's called the Harvest Casserole, and as the name says, it offers the flavors of fall like apples, sausage onions and cinnamon. All you have to do is bring those ingredients together in the air fryer and set for 300 Degrees for 25 minutes. Both Becky and Jennifer says everyone who's tried it, loved it!

Fall Flavor Right Now

You know, when you think of the humble air fryer, you might think it's only useful for making delicious fried delicacies without the grease, sans the name! But the air fryer can do so much more. Just look at the new cookbook from Becky Abbott and Jennifer West titled Air Fryer All Day. Both stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about a very fall-like casserole that really brings on the flavor no matter the season. Both told Tonia it's called the Harvest Casserole, and as the name says, it offers the flavors of fall like apples, sausage onions and cinnamon. All you have to do is bring those ingredients together in the air fryer and set for 300 Degrees for 25 minutes. Both Becky and Jennifer says everyone who's tried it, loved it!

Reaching Perfection

  

She calls this one, her perfect recipe.  And that's a pretty tall order considering there's so many great ones in Olwen Woodier's The Apple Cookbook.  Olwen stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about her fantastic Gingerbread Apple Cake.  Not only is it not heavy, it's not light or airy.  In fact, one of the reason's Olwen calls it her perfect recipe, is because it's just right!  The cake is made with molasses and cinnamon (and apples of course.) Olwen told Tonia that whenever she makes it, this cake is always a hit!  Find out for yourself!

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup molasses

2 large eggs

1 cup applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground ginger

                                                                                       1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish. Melt butter over low heat. Pour into a medium-size bowl. Beat in sugar and molasses. Add eggs one at a time and beat. Beat in applesauce. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon into applesauce mixture and stir well to combine thoroughly. Spoon into baking dish and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool for 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Serves 18

The Perfect Apple

  

She calls this one, her perfect recipe.  And that's a pretty tall order considering there's so many great ones in Olwen Woodier's The Apple Cookbook.  Olwen stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about her fantastic Gingerbread Apple Cake.  Not only is it not heavy, it's not light or airy.  In fact, one of the reason's Olwen calls it her perfect recipe, is because it's just right!  The cake is made with molasses and cinnamon (and apples of course.) Olwen told Tonia that whenever she makes it, this cake is always a hit!  Find out for yourself!

1 cup butter or margarine

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup molasses

2 large eggs

1 cup applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground ginger

                                                                                       1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch by 13-inch baking dish. Melt butter over low heat. Pour into a medium-size bowl. Beat in sugar and molasses. Add eggs one at a time and beat. Beat in applesauce. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger and cinnamon into applesauce mixture and stir well to combine thoroughly. Spoon into baking dish and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool for 5 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Serves 18

Wined Apples

   



Let's talk for a second about that fancy dinner party you need a fancy appetizer for.  You want to try something unique, but you don't have a lot of time to put something together.  No problem says cookbook author Susan Simon.  She told Tonia's Kitchen about something she calls Apples and Wine.  Very easy to make says Susan, just take apples and pears and core them, but leave the skin on.  Then put a sugar cube where the core used to be, place the apples in a baking pan with red wine and bake for two hours in a 350-degree oven.  When the apples are ready, they'll have collapsed and become charred.  Just serve them up with a wedge of cheese.  You and your guests will love them!