Fried Apples
Of course, no one person can actually manage to eat even a portion of everything prepared, but it sure does lay out for a grand looking meal!
You will need: Apples (Golden Delicious), Apple Juice, Sugar, Corn Starch, Cinnamon, and Allspice.
If you’ve never used allspice in your apple dishes, you are missing out! What allspice does is make the cinnamon *pop* in your recipes. It simply amplifies the cinnamon flavor. I like to add a pinch of it (a generous pinch) whenever cinnamon is called for in addition to the cinnamon.
Cut your apples in wedges. Just leave the skin on, it is wonderful in this recipe.
Don’t worry, it will be nice and tender when they are done!
Pour apple juice in skillet.
Add apples in a single layer and bring heat up to a medium low to medium. You want these to just simmer until the apples are fork tender. Keep an eye on these while you do the next steps. You’ll need to be handy to turn them a few times in order to have them cook evenly.
Fried Apples
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups apple juice4 large golden delicious apples, unpeeled and cut into wedges
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 4 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- In a large skillet, combine the apple juice and sliced apples. Heat on medium until apples are fork tender, turning often to enable even cooking. Be careful not to overcook apples. Remove apples from juice with slotted spoon and place in large bowl.
- In another bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir with wire whisk until well blended. Pour hot apple juice into dry mixture. Whisk vigorously until lumps are gone. Pour this mixture back into the skillet and heat on medium heat, whisking constantly, until bubbly and thick.
- Remove from heat and pour over apples in bowl. Stir until apples are evenly coated.
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups apple juice4 large golden delicious apples, unpeeled and cut into wedges
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 4 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- In a large skillet, combine the apple juice and sliced apples. Heat on medium until apples are fork tender, turning often to enable even cooking. Be careful not to overcook apples. Remove apples from juice with slotted spoon and place in large bowl.
- In another bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir with wire whisk until well blended. Pour hot apple juice into dry mixture. Whisk vigorously until lumps are gone. Pour this mixture back into the skillet and heat on medium heat, whisking constantly, until bubbly and thick.
- Remove from heat and pour over apples in bowl. Stir until apples are evenly coated.
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Posted by Christy Jordan
on Sep 3 2008. Filed under Dessert.
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My mom used to make fried apples! These bring back so many memories.
Jeeze… and I have to go see my diabetes doctor today.. It ain’t fair I tell ya! It just ain’t fair!..lol
Ohhh, this will be so good over pancakes. Score!!
Hey Debbie! Aren’t they the best?
Billgent: Funny, I had to go have my blood work done today, too! Honestly though, I can eat these with no problem. There isn’t that much sugar and you can EASILY substitute Splenda!
April: They are AMAZING with pancakes!! You are so right!!!
how much cinnamon do u put in the fried apples? thanks
Sheila, I just modified the recipe at the bottom of the post to include the amounts! Thanks for catching that!!!!!
Christy
Wanna make ‘em even gooeier and even worse for your heart?
Cook ‘em in about 1/4c of bacon grease. Seriously, trust me on this.
Maulie, I have actually had them that way and let me tell you, girl, you know EXACTLY what you are talking about!!!!
You’re a cook after my own heart!
Christy
I made these this morning and they were a hit with the whole family! I love Cracker Barrel’s Apple Cakes and these were very similar in taste. I’m definitely going to try them again over some homemade pancakes… or maybe even over some ice cream for dessert
Thanks!
Hi Christy,
Have you ever made fried apple pies?
(Of course you have… silly me)
Are the ingredients used in this recipe the same as used in fried apple pies? How do you make the dough for the fried pies?
Gotta know from you how to do this!
Love those apple recipes. The fried apples is the one I want to try first. Love that your recipes are short and not to difficult to make. Those handy dandy toutorials come in handy! Thanks. Doreen
Looks like it puts Cracker Barrel to shame!
I made the crock pot lasagna today Oh man it was so good and easy We loved it I also added fresh mushrooms to layers and the sauce had green pepper in it so good I stuffed my self lol
I love apples any way you can fix them
I love apples – fixed almost any way. Thanks for all the apple recipes.
Swedie
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I just finished making and eating a small bowl of these. I love Cracker Barrel’s also. These were so good I’m sending the picture I took to my SIL who loves them too.
Loving this site,
Cherrill
I just made these for dinner tonight with pork chops and roasted potatoes, my god they were amazing. We had the leftovers for desert with ice cream and I put the extra syrup into muffins, so awesome!! Thanks for the recipe!!
I was just wondering if you could can these? I have soooooo many apples this year I don’t know what to do with them all.
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Oh, my word … what is this world coming to? First, candied apples you can eat with a fork and now fried apples! And here I am without a kitchen … I am kit . chen . less, I tell ya. Woe is me!!!
(BUT I still love this website)
YEA !!! another GLUTEN FREE recipe!!! love ,love . love these
I love making these, and eating them ! I always toss a little brown sugar in the pan too !
I like the way you think…I’ll be sure and make mine when nobody is home but us chickens.
Just made this — o my goodness I eat the whole thing!
Yeah it smelled up my house and my 2 yr old granddaughter was taking a nap – she woke up had one spoon full left ..
I am making more – cause she is asking for more ” more granma – please” my heart melts when she say please.. Gotta go – thanks for giving this one out and it’s a cooler day like fall too!
I made these to go with dinner tonight. I usually make a recipe that has a bit of butter and uses brown sugar and flour. The other recipe is good too, but I adore all the wonderful sauce with this recipe! They were so good, my husband and I would have finished the whole pot if I hadn’t taken it away so we can have leftovers tomorrow. I tweaked it a little bit, partly out of necessity. We had some white grape juice languishing in the fridge so I used that instead of the apple juice (you couldn’t tell it wasn’t apple), and I made the sauce a bit different. I held back 1/2 cup of the juice and stirred the dry ingredients into that in a measuring cup, then poured it right into the pan after removing the apples. Also cooked the apples in a sauce pan with a lid so I didn’t have to get my big skillet dirty. Regardless of how it gets assembled, this recipe is a winner for sure!
These apples are awesome…and even better with some butter melted into the sauce. I do that with Cracker Barrel fried apples too. I know…gilding the lily, but there isn’t anything that a little butter or bacon grease doesn’t improve :0)
Christy my doctor will love you. I made these with Splenda and they gave my oatmeal a fabulous topping! Chlosterol dropping as we speak:)
I made these apples for my husband and he was like a kid in a candy store! Thank you Christy! I have really enjoyed preparing your recipes for my family.
I can see using these apples on the cheesecake bar. The more toppings the better.
i love this! i use to order this from cracker barrel as a desert. they use to have it with carmel and a scoop of vanilla ice cream my favorite. now i can make it myself. thank you!
I had fried apples last night at Cracker Barrel. Love, love, love them. Now I know how to make them at home! Thanks for the recipe.
hey,kids not only do use bacon grease but one cup of lard and 2 stix of butta MMMMMMM goood
I have a jar of pumpkin pie spice. Is that the same as allspice?
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So good warmed with vanilla iceacream !
LOVE these. I made them and put them over a bread pudding!! YUM!!
Does it have to be Golden Delicious apples or can you use any kind?
I am so happy that I found this recipe! I live in California, the land without Cracker Barrel, so whenever I am lucky enough to visit I must buy fried apples. Now I can make them. (I am not sure if that is really a good thing) I like to put fried apples on my biscuit … it’s like dessert!
I will have to try this recipe for sure…. I make mine with butter, brown sugar and let it caramelize and then add the apples to it….
I am always counting calories so I’m unable to try a lot of your recipes so I just drool at the pictures…hehe. However I made these yesterday with the local apples I bought at the farmers market. I was also out of cornstarch so I just used double the amount of flour. Now my sauce wasn’t as smooth but they were delicious with my french toast this morning. I may not be able to eat apple pie but this honestly helped my cravings for an apple dessert with around 90 calories a serving! I’m a UNA alumni so I hope to get to go to your program in November it sounds like fun.
I just HAD to print this one out – Fried Apples are my husbands favorite! When we get to go to Cracker Barrel there is no doubt in anyone’s mind what side he is going to get ……….. Fried Apples!
Now I just might be able to make them for him at home – Thanks so much.
Wow! These apples are soooo yummy and my house smells heavenly!! Thank you!!!!
These cooked up WAY too easy! I didnt have any allspice so I used some Chinese 5 spice powder. YUMMY! Thank you
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