03 X 22 Dining with Donna 23: Fruit and Nut Baked Apples
Fruit And Nut Baked Apples\n\nWhat You Will Need:\n\nMeasuring cups\nMeasuring spoons\nMixing bowls.\nMixing spoons.\nA food chopper or chef's knife\nAn apple peeler\nAn apple scooper or scooping spoon\nA pastry brush\na skewer \n1 kitchen fork\n1 crock-pot\nPaper towels\n\nIngredients:\n\n4 large baking apples, such as Rome Beauty or Jonathan\n1 tablespoon of lemon juice\n1/3 cup of chopped dried apricots\n1/3 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans\n3 tablespoons of packed brown sugar\n\xbd teaspoon of ground cinnamon\n2 tablespoons of melted butter or margarine\n\xbd cup of water\nCaramel ice cream topping, optional\n\nCooking Directions:\n\nScoop out the center of each apple, leaving a 1 inch to 1 and a half inch wide cavity about half inch from bottom. \nPeel the top of the apple down about 1 inch. Brush the peeled edges evenly with lemon juice. \nMix apricots, walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon in small bowl. \nAdd butter; mix well. \nSpoon mixture evenly into apple cavities. \nPour water in the bottom of the Crock-Pot. \nPlace 2 apples in the bottom of the Crock-Pot. \nArrange the remaining 2 apples above but not directly on top of the bottom apples. \nCover; cook on low 3 to 4 hours, or until apples are tender. \nServe warm or at room temperature with ice cream topping, if desired.\n\nMakes 4 servings.\n\nHints and Tips for the Kitchen:\n\nTemperature Control: (Keeping The Cold Food Cold)\n\nUse An Ice Chests:\n* If you're going camping, solid frozen foods should keep frozen for 2 to 3 days and very cold for at least one more day if they're packed snugly in the ice chest. They should keep longer if packed with no air spaced between foods.\n\nTemperature Control: (Keeping The Cold Food Cold)\n\nUse An Icy Bowl:\n* Fill a large bowl with crushed ice and embed a bowl of potato salad or whatever you need to chill in the ice up to its rim. Add a little kosher or ice cream salt to the ice to make it colder.\n* Use an ice bowl, Filling \xbd full of water.\nplace an empty serving bowl you will be using in the center of the \xbd filled bowl of water, weighing the empty bowl down, so it sits sunk below the water line. Place in Freezer and allow the water to freeze with the bowl inside the water.\nOnce the water is frozen, remove the frozen bowl with the empty bowl in the center from the freezer and use the empty bowl to house salads or dips.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to know more about Donna Jodhan and her initiatives, you can go to her website, at the following link:\n\nhttps://www.donnajodhan.com\n\n*****Important notice from Donna J. Jodhan*****\n\nIf you're looking for a quick and easy way to share news and or info about yourself or about others, then please read on!\n\nDonna J. Jodhan can help you reach a rapidly growing list of over 12,000 readers and listeners and counting!\n\nAll you need to do is to give a listen to her monthly shows and if you like what you hear then here's how it works!\n\nFor the very affordable price of $25, Donna will feature your info and news on 2 of her monthly shows.\nOnce on the Ask Donna show and once on the Dining with Donna show.\nBoth of these monthly shows run weekly \nThis means that your info will be featured twice for the month.\nNo more having to worry about posting to Facebook! \nYou'll be able to engage with ready made readers and listeners!\nYour payment of $25 will be prorated as a monthly payment.\nSo you can either pay monthly, or you can pay as you go.\nJust send your info or news to \n\ndonna at askdonnaonblindlife@gmail.com\n\nNo more than 150 words.\nDonna will then post your info or news as soon as you remit payment to her at \npaypal@donnajodhan.com\n\nTo give a listen visit \n\nhttps://www.donnajodhan.com/askdonna\n\nand https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd\n\nTake advantage of this very quick and easy way to reach a ready made audience!