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Earlier this year, my mother was organizing and cleaning her
home when she came across an apple-shaped cookbook filled with apple recipes.
I’d given it to her when I was in elementary school. The book was compiled by
the students of Mrs. Cerioni’s third grade class at Oakhurst Elementary in Oakhurst, California.
(I think it was 1985, or there about). The recipes obtained from our parents
were copied down in our own handwriting. I’ve typed them out UNEDITED as they
were written. I left punctuation and spelling as it appeared in the book,
making for some cute and precious writing. They are listed in alphabetical
order by the student’s last name. Words in italics are my own comments. Despite
the spelling flaws and sometimes confusing directions, all the recipes sound
yummy and fun. I hope you enjoy them!
Debby Anne Adams
Applesauce Fruit Bread
2 cups golden
raisins
1½ cups flour
1/2 cup brown
sugar
1/2 cup white
sugar
1 tsp. ground
cloves, cinnamon, allspice + salt
1 cup hazelnuts or
walnuts
1 tsp. baking
powder
4 tbs melted
butter
1 cup cool thick
applesauce
toss raisins in flour add the
sugars, seasoning, nuts and baking powder. Beat the butter into the thick
applesauce, pour into other ingredients. butter and flour and place waxpaper on
bottom of pan Bake at 300 1 ½ hours
(In the years following third grade, Debby became a grammar QUEEN
despite these humble beginnings with punctuation - LOL)
Sarah Belle Andrews (Sarah’s
recipe was the only one with no mistakes – way to go, Sarah! A+)
Apple Crisp
4 cups sliced pared tart apples
(about 4 medium)
2/3 to 3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup oats
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup butter (softened)
Heat oven to 375. Grease square
pan, 8x8x2”. Place apple slices in pan. Mix remaining ingredients thoroughly.
Sprinkle over apples. Bake 30 minutes or until apples are tender & topping
is golden brown. Serve warm & with ice cream.
Christine Bonnel (I
love the “short and sweet” approach – my kind of recipe *smile*)
Fresh Apple Cake
1/2
cup oil, 2 eggs
2
cups sugar, 2 tsp vanilla
Mix and add
2
cups flour, 1 tsp salt,
1
tsp baking soda, 2 tsp cinnamon
Mix well fold in 4 cups of unpealed apples and 1½ cups of
chopped walnuts. Spread evenly in greased 9x13”pan bake in 350 oven for 45
minutes or until done.
Jamie Lynn Burtle
Apple Pizza (Pizza of ANY kind is a good thing – great idea,
Jamie!)
apples,
sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg.
Double pie crust
1/2
cup sugar
1
teaspoon cinnamon
1/2
teasoon (teaspoon) nutmeg
(Crumb to go on top)
1/2
cup margaine (margarine)
1/2
cup sugar
3/4
cups flour
mix it and
crumbly topping, sprinkle over pizza cook at 450 for 30 min.
Rori Cerioni (it wasn’t
until I went to Italy
that I REALLY learned how to pronounce Cerioni)
Fruit
Torte
1
16 crushed vanilla wafers (probably means
16 crushed wafers makes 1 cup *grin*)
2c
powdered sugar
1c
butter or margarine
4
eggs separated
Desired
Fruit
Small
carton of whipping cream or cool whip
Line 9x13 inch pan with ½ the
crumbs. In bowl beat together until fluffy, powdered sugar and butter add
beaten egg yolks. Beat egg whites until stiff, add to sugar and butter mixture.
Spread this over crumbs. Next add a layer of fruit, any fruit is good if using
canned or frozen drain well, sugar if unsweetened. Top this layer with either
whipping cream or cool whip cover with remaining crumbs and chill several
hours.
(not bad for being in her mom’s class – love ya Rori! )
Joshua R. Ellis (sweet
little Josh switched his fraction numbers throughout the recipe - 2\1 should be 1/2, but it’s the thought that counts *smile*)
Apple-Orange
Brownies
ingredients
6
Table spoons butter
1
cup brown sugar
2\1
cup applesauce
1
teaspoon shredded orange peel
1
beaten egg
1
teaspoon vanilla
4\1
cup flour
1
teaspoon baking powder
2\1
teaspoon salt
4\1
teaspoon soda
2\1
cup chopped walnuts
cook till butter melted – brown
sugar, applesauce, orange peel, egg + vanilla. Sift together flour, baking
powder, salt soda. Stir into sauce pan. Stir in walnuts. Spread in greased 15x
10x inch pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. While warm top with orange glaze:
combine
1 2\1 cup sugar
2\1 teaspoon
vanilla
2 Tablespoon
orange Juice
Ty Fletcher
Apple
Chip Coffee Cake
*2
tbsp sugar *1 egg
*2
c bisquick *3/4 c milk
1/2
c brown sugar *1 c chopped pared
apples
1/2
c chopped Brazil nuts
2
tbsp vegetable oil
1
tbsp bisquick
1/2
tsp cinnamon
Heat oven to 400. blend ingredients
marked with * spread batter in greased 9” pan sprinkle with mixture of 1/2 c
brown sugar packed, 2 tbsp bisquick 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1/2 c cinnamon (I’m sure he meant 1/2 teaspoon, not cup – that would be a TON of cinnamon – LOL)
Bake 20 to 25 min. 8 servings.
Ruby Hammond
Apple
oat meal cookies (love it – oat meal,
instead of oatmeal – so cute)
1/2
cup butter, 1 cup sugar
1/2
teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 egg
1
cup oats, 1 cup flour
2
cup, shreaded apples (2
med Apples)
1/2
cup raisins, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2
teaspoon cloves, 1/2 cup nuts (chopped fine If desired)
Mix together well, drop by wet
spoon on ungreased Cookie sheet bake at 375 or until brown
Matthew James Hashim
Apple-Celery-Peanut
Salad
4
apples, cored & diced (preferably red skinned)
6
medium stalks celery, thinly sliced crosswise.
4
1.2 oz. packages of salted peanuts.
(not sure what the 1.2 means, but I'm guessing 1/2)
2-3
tablespoons lemon juice mayonnaise.
(He meant lemon juice and mayo as separate ingredients, unless, of
course, there’s a lemon juice mayonnaise I'm unaware of)
Toss diced apples with lemon juice.
Add celery and peanuts. Stir in enough mayonnaise to make salad moist (but not
sloppy) (“sloppy,” that made me laugh)
Chas Milo Huston
Apple
Pie
Basic
Pastry dough for 9-inch two-crust pie
Preheat oven to 425. Line 9” pie
pan with half pastry dough. Mix 3/4-1 c sugar, 1/2 tsp salt 1 teaspoon
cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg and 1½ T flour in a large bowl. Peel, core, and slice
6 firm tart apples and toss them in the sugar mixture coating them well Pile
them in to the lined pan and dot with the Butter Roll out the top cut and drape
it over the pie crimp the edges and cut vents in the top. (WOW, that’s detailed! Great directions, Chas!)
Bake 10 minutes them lower heat to 350 Bake 30-40 minutes more.
Julie Anne James
Apple
Cake
1½ c mashed cooked applis (cute spelling of apples). While still hot add: 1 cube
(1/2 c) margarine or butter, 1c. sugar, 1tsp cinnamon, 1/2tsp nutmeg 1/8 tsp
cloves. 1/8tsp ginger Cool & add :2 c flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking
soda & 2 eggs (slightly beaten) mix, then add: 1c nuts 1c. raisins or dates
(optional) bake at 350 for 45 or 50 min in 9” sq. greased & floured pan.
Frost with favorite icing.
Ricky Johnson (Ricky
put periods at the end of every ingredient. What an efficient boy!)
Danish
Apple Pudding
1/2
cup graham Cracker crumbs.
1/3 cups of
butter.
2
cups apple sauce.
1/4
tsp salt.
1
tbsp lemon Juice.
1/2
tsp cinnamon.
1
cup whipping cream.
saute (Wow, he used a sophisticated word! I didn't know the word sauté until about
high school) gently until evenly browned. Blend the graham Crackers and
butter lined greased 8inch square pan, With half crumb mixture and mix apple
sauce salt lemon juice and cinnamon. Pour half of this mixture over crumbs and
remaining applesauce. Top with sweetened whipped cream and cill (chill). Serves about 6
Jason Jon Kissee
Apple
Pie Crisp
4c.
Sliced pared tart apples
1/4c. orange juice
1c.
sugar
3/4
c. sifted all-purpose flour.
1/2
tsp cinnamon
1/4
tsp nutmeg.
Dash salt
Place apple in buttered 9”. Pie
plate, sprinkle with orange Juice combine in butter till mixture is crumbly (I think he skipped the part about mixing the
sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg before working in the butter – but we’ll
forgive him *smile*)
sprinkle over apples. Bake at 375 for 45, minutes or till apples are tender and
topping is crisp. serve warm with cream. Makes 6, serving.
Megan Marquardt (Okay,
the spelling throughout this recipe is just TOO DANG CUTE! Loved it, Megan!)
Apple
Crisp
1/2
cup quick cooking rololed (rolled oats)
1/2
cup packed brown sugar
1/4
cup all puipose (purpose) flour
1/2
teaspoon giound cinnamom (ground cinnamon)
Dash
salt
1/4
cup of butter
6
mediuwn (medium) apples
In mixing bowl conbine (combine) four (flour) cinnamon and salt Mix in bown (bowl) till mixtuwu (mixture)
is crumbly. Set uside (aside) peel
and core apples then slice apples into bottom of baking dish. Sprnkle (Sprinkle) the flowr (flour) mixture over the top. Bake at 350
for about 40 min. or until apples tests done with fork. Serve with whipped
cream. Makes 6 servings
Tammi Martinez (Tammi
used semi-colons in this one – what an advanced little kid!)
Baked
apples
Core 6 large baking apples ; pared
cut off top of each. Place in 10X6x 1½ inch baking dish. Fill apples with 3/4
cup raisins of chopped dates. Combine 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup water, 2
tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg ; bring to boil. Pour hot syrup
around apples. Bake uncovered at 350 about 60 minuets, basting occasianally. (Yes, Tammi misspelled “occasionally” only getting one letter wrong, but I
always slaughtered that word.) Serve with cream Serves 6.
Kelly Minkler (Kelly
used more periods in his ingredient list than in his directions – NICE)
Apple
Crisp
1C.
rolled oats
1
C. brown sugar packed
8T.
floar (cute spelling)
1/2tsp.
nutmeg.
Dash
of salt
8T.
butter (1 cube)
6C.
sliced peeled apples
Mix together first six ingredients.
Cut in soft britter (butter) Set
aside Put 1/4 of oat mixture on bottom of buttered 8x8 pan. Place apple slices
over oat mixture sprinkle remaining oat mixture over apple slices Bake at 350
for 45 minutes. Can serve warm with ice cream
catherine murphy (in
the book, sweet Catherine didn't capitalize her name, so I didn't either – hey, maybe she likes it that way)
Apple
Sauce
4
medium cooking apples
1
cup water
1/2
cup brown sugar
1/4
Teaspoon cinnamon
1/8
Teaspoon nutmeg
Heat apples and water over medium
heat boiling. Reduce heat, simmer stirring. occasionally 5 to 10 minutes or
until tender stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, heat to boiling. makes
about 4 cups
Farrah Powell (I love the“what you need” and “what you do” directions - so sweet and informative)
Saucy
Spicy Apple Sauce
what you
need
two
8 ounce jars of apple sauce
1/4
cup orange juice
1/4
teaspoon cinnamon
what you do
put applesauce into large bolb (bowl) Add orange juice and cinnamon mix
well sprinkle with nutmeg clean up (she’s
the only one who mentioned cleaning up – LOL) chill and serve in small
dishes to your buddies. Makes enough for your friends. (so amiable - I love it!)
Elsie Rees (Oh boy,
here’s mine . . . I had issues with capitalization,
spelling AND commas *tsk tsk*)
apple
Dessert
four
cups sliced apples
1
cup orange juice
3/4
cup flour
1/3
tsp. cinnamon
1/2
cup butter or margarine
slice apples in small pan add
orange juice, mix dry ingredients and cut up butter until mixture is crumbly.
Then scatter over apples. Bake 350 for 45 mixtire. (yep, that's right, I seriously misspelled minutes) Serve
warm. Serves six.
Matthew David Sebastian (I
love Matt’s directions – brief and to the point – LOL)
Apple
Pie
Crust
2
cups of flowr (my little girl spells it
this way too – way cute)
1½
t. salt
1/2 cup of oil
5
t. of water
Mix
together into ball. Split
in half. Roll out into circle. Put in pan.
Pie
10
cup of apples sliced
1
cup of suger
3
t. of corn starch
4
t. of cinnamon
2
t. of nutmeg
3
t. lemon juice
3
t. butter
Put apples
in pie Cook at 400 for 45 minutes
Nancy Shockley (There weren't many mistakes in Nancy’s
recipe – Way to go! High five!)
Apple
Walnut cobbler
1/2 cup sugar
1/2
tsp cinnamon
3/4
cup coarse chopped walnuts
4
cups sliced apple
1/4
cup water
1
cup sifted flour
1
cup sugar
1
tsp baking powder
1/4
tsp salt
1
well beaten egg
1/2
cup evaporated milk
1/2
cup butter or margarine (melted)
Place apple in battom (bottom) of greased 8” or 9” baking dish.
Sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar cinnamon and 1/2 cup walnuts. Sprinkle over apple.
Mix dry ingredients. Combine egg, milk & butter, add dry ingredients all at
once and mix until smooth. Pour over apples, sprinkle with remaining walnuts
Bake at 325 about 50 minutes. Servewith (Serve
with) cinnamon topped with whipped cream.
Harmony Esta Stern (This
one was great! Short but instructive
– WAY CUTE!)
Dried
Apple Slices
Peeland (Peel and) wash apples. Slice into 1/4 inch thick slices. Place on
small screen in direct sunlight. Ready in one day (summer). Takes longer in
colder weather (LOL – I love it!).
May be dried in oven (low heat). When dry, place in zip lock bags.
Sarah Marie Thacker
Apple
Muffins
Blend:
1/4 cup soft shorting (LOL – I like
“shorting”) 1/2 cup sugar then add: 1½ cups flour, 3 tsp. baking powder,
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon grated raw unpared apples. Fill greased or
paper-lined muffin tins. Bake at 400 for 20-25 min. yields about 12 medium
sized muffins.
Skye Whitfield (Skye’s
recipe took up 4 or 5 pages in the little book, and they were in the wrong order. It took me a
while to straighten them out)
Apple-Filled
oatmeal cookies
1
cup all-purpose flour
1
teaspoon baking poader (powder)
1/2 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon
ground cloves
1/2 cup butter of
margarine
1/2
cup packed brown sugar
1
egg
1/4
cup milk
3/4
cup quick-cooking rolled (oats?)
Grease cookie sheet. Prepare
filling. Combine flour, baking powder, spices and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Beat
butter for 30 seconds; add brown sugor (sugar)
and beat till fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Add dry ingredients and milk
alternately, beating after each addition. Stir in oats. Drop from a teaspoon
onto cookie sheet. Make depression in center of each: fill with a teaspoon of
apple filling
apple
filling
combine 1/2 cups finely diced
peeled apple 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup raisins 1/3 cup chopped pecans
and two tablespoonswater (tablespoons
water) Cook and stir till thick and apple is tender
Okay, those are adorable-- and the Matt Sebastian directions were very Matt Sebastian! :)
ReplyDelete*smile* It's neat to see in hind sight how certain personality traits from childhood are carried into adulthood, making us all unique and special. I remember Matt always read REALLY FAST when he read out loud. I wonder if he still does?
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