Recipes

Tasty recipes for your fresh-picked produce

Enjoy the following tested and approved Fruit Ridge Hayrides recipes for apples and squash.

• Squash Apple Bake
• Apple Crisp
• Hot Apple Cider
• Michigan Apple Bread
• How to Bake a Squash

Squash Apple Bake

• 2lbs squash (Butternut or Buttercup) peeled and cut into ½" slices
• 2 baking apples (Spy or Rome) cored and cut into ½" slices
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 T. flour
• 1 t. salt
• ½ t. mace

Layer squash and apples in ungreased 11x7" baking dish. Mix the rest of the ingredients and pour over top. Bake at 350° 30-45 minutes until tender.

Apple Crisp

• 4-6 Baking apples (Spy or Rome) pared and sliced
• ¼- ½ cup white sugar
• ¾ cup quick oats
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup flour
• Sprinkle nutmeg

Mix apples and white sugar in 8x8" baking pan. Mix all other ingredients and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes until fork tender. Double for 9x13"pan.

Hot Apple Cider

• 1 gallon apple cider
• ½ cup brown sugar

Mix the following in cheese cloth:

• 2 teaspoons whole allspice
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons whole cloves

Simmer all ingredients for 20-30 minutes. Enjoy.

Michigan Apple Bread

Recipe by Doreen Arrington

• 1 cup sugar
• 8 oz. sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 t. vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 t. baking powder
• ½ t. baking soda
• 1 ½ cups baking apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup pecans

Topping:

• ¼ cup butter
• ¼ cup brown sugar

Beat sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla until combined and then beat on medium 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Add sour cream mixture and beat on low until combined. Mix in apples and ½ cup pecans. Pour into greased 9x5 loaf pan. Sprinkle with ½ cup pecans and press into batter. Bake 350° for 55 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing. For topping, melt butter with brown sugar and drizzle over warm bread after removing from pan.

How to Bake a Squash

• Select a squash of any size or shape.
• Wash the squash and cut in half. Clean out seeds and pulp.
• Place cut side down on baking sheet filled with 1 inch of water.
• Bake at 350° until the skin is soft when pierced with a fork (45min. to 1 ½ hours).
• Scoop orange flesh from skin and serve.
• Good with butter and salt and pepper or butter and brown sugar.

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