Apples Coming Outta My Ears!!

The other day Kyle was outside and when he came back in, he had this bag of apples, which he picked off of our trees.

He started rattling off all the things he wanted me to make with them.

Huh. Ohhh. Kaaayyyy.

He kept telling me that baking would be my "project" for yesterday. I think he's convinced I do nothing during the day. LOL

{Plus he's got a sweet tooth like me and loves me to make him treats. Any excuse he can find...}


A little while later, he came in with another bag of apples.

Dude. Seriously?!

{Not sure if you've picked up on it before or not, but one: I use the word 'dude' a lot and two: Kyle and I call each other 'dude'.}

What in the world am I going to do with all of these apples?! I have some in the fridge, too! {Those are store-bought, though.}

So, yesterday I spent the day baking. But first I spent the majority of the time peeling apples and cutting my fingers {Ugh!}.

The first thing I made was this apple crisp.

I used the recipe from the Better Homes & Gardens cookbook that my grandma got for me when I got married. I made no modifications to it.


Then I decided that I wanted to make something else. I hadn't even used 10 apples!! Actually, I think I only used 5 or 6 apples for the crisp.

So I cut up another apple. Yes. One apple.

{Did I mention I've got apples coming out of my ears and I need to find something that uses more than one apple to make next time?}

The recipe I used for these Apple Oatmeal cookies is from Allrecipes. I've been all over that site recently. Love it!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup shortening {I used butter instead}
  
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup diced apple without peel {I used a whole apple, whatever it measured out to}
  
• 1 cup chopped walnuts {I used pecans since I like them better}

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar. Beat in the eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture until well blended. Fold in the walnuts, oats and apples. Drop dough by spoonfuls about 2 inches onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Let cool on wire racks.

The cookies are SOOO very yummy and moist. We haven't had the crisp yet. We'll have it after dinner tonight.

I think I ate enough cookies yesterday to feed an entire village...since I still had chocolate chip pumpkin cookies left over from last weeks baking frenzy that needed to be eaten. And that's after I brought some over to my inlaws and gave my sister some, too!!

Now I need some inspiration. I need some tried and true recipes.

What do you like to make that uses apples in the recipe?

Anything! I wanna hear it.

Give me the recipes if you've got them or direct me to a site where I can get them. I need to use these apples before they start attracting fruit flies and / or go bad.

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