Microwave Baked Apples

This recipe stems from lack of a kitchen and a lack of ingredients. But what I did have was apples and a microwave...and that's pretty much all you need for this recipe. It was a perfect little afternoon "dessert" snack. My roommate said it tasted like apple pie filling. Enjoy!

Ingredients
-1 medium baking apple
-1 tbsp brown sugar
-2 tsp butter
-Cinnamon
-nuts, raisins, etc. (optional)

Directions
1) Wash and core apple
2) Pare a thin section of skin from top of apple
3) Fill center of apple with brown sugar and top with butter
4) Sprinkle with cinnamon
5) Cook uncovered in microwave 2 to 2 1/2 minutes at high or until almost tender
6) Let stand 5 minutes before serving


**Cook 2 apples 3 to 3 1/2 minutes at high. Cook 3 apples 4 to 4 1/2 minutes at high. Cook 4 apples 5 to 5 1/2 minutes at high.

Apple Cobbler

Cobbler-a deep-dish fruit pie with a rich biscuit crust, usually only on top. I love cobbler. Apple, Peach, Cherry...it's all good. This is my mom's recipe for the easiest cobbler ever. And man, is it good. This recipe is specifically for apple cobbler but feel free to use whatever fruit you want. Just as long as there is a syrup-ey liquid to go with the fruit, it will work just fine.

Ingredients
-1 cup self-rising flour
-1 cup sugar
-1 cup milk
-about 2 cups cooked apples--or your favorite fruit(pie filling...we use the apples that we have canned from our apple trees)

Directions
1) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
2) Spread your fruit evenly in the bottom of a buttered 13 X 9 in baking dish
3) In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, and milk
4) Pour the mixture over the fruit
5) Bake for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown

Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie

This is a recipe I used for Thanksgiving and it was like the very best that Thanksgiving has to offer in a pie shell. Ahh! So good. Pretty much, if you like Thanksgiving, you'll love this pie.

Ingredients
-1 cup apple butter (I used HONEY apple butter...yum)
-1 cup canned pumpkin
-1/2 cup brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
-3 beaten eggs
-3/4 cup evaporated milk
-1 unbaked pie shell (9 inches)

Directions
1) Preheat the oven to 425
2) Combine all ingredients
3) Bake for 40 minutes or until well set