Simple and delicious fried apples make a comforting side dish perfect for autumn suppers including pork chops, cabbage rolls and roast beef.
Easy Fried Apples
Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
My recipe of the day is for easy fried apples, which is something I like to make every year as early autumn takes hold and apples are being harvested heavily at the orchards.
A Family Favorite Full of Memories
I made these for my brother a few years back, when I visited back home when Mom passed away. He has since passed away as well. He really enjoyed these and I am glad I had a chance to cook these for him. It is the type of cooking I think he liked most, being a meat and potatoes country cooking kind of guy. And it’s the way I have always made them, quick, simple, and easy. Even though he liked this kind of food, I don’t think he had ever had them before.
These skillet fried apples make a great side for breakfast and tastes like apple pie without the crust.
What Kind of Apples Should I Use?
The kind of apples you use does make a difference. There are sweet apples, there are tart apples. There are apples which hold their shape under cooking, and those which just turn into sauce. Refer to an apple chart for apples available in your area if you need to be sure. You can easily up the amounts to cook in the same skillet if you need extra.
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Easy Fried Apples
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Easy Fried Apples
Ingredients
- 3 cooking apples sweet, such as Empire, Fuji, Jonagold, Paula reds, etc.
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- Cinnamon to taste
- 1/4 cup apple cider
Instructions
- Peel, core and slice apples.
- Melt butter in a skillet and cook apples over low heat until they become tender, adding the apple cider after they brown to aid them getting soft.
- Sprinkle apples with cinnamon and stir in brown sugar and cook until apples caramelize, but not so long as to burn the sugar.
- Serve hot.
Notes
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This post has been updated from 6.19.2013, 8.28.19, to reflect new photography
Could you send me a receipt for cupcakes and easy white icing and chocolate icing to. Thanks
I’ll try to get a low sugar chox cupcake recipe up for you in January. 🙂
I put a Splenda chocolate cupcakes recipe up for you today.
Can you leave the peel on the apples and it still work good? I love the apple skin because you get all of you nutrients from the skin.
Peels from apples tend to separate sometimes. Other times they prevent the caramelization on the apple flesh. I don’t leave peels on the apples. What you could do is to take the peels and toss them with a little fruity salad dressing that is acidic enough to keep the flesh from oxidizing, and put that in a baggie in the fridge for a few hours until you can make a tossed salad with that, apple chunks, lettuce, walnuts, dried cranberries etc.
Sue, fried apples were my grandpa’s favorite dish. My grandma would serve all of us grandkids first, because he always ate what was in the serving bowl! 🙂
Oooh I bet these would be great on waffles! They sound delicious.
Easy recipes are the best…especially when apples are involved! These take me straight back to my childhood!!!
I love fried apples! I cannot wait for apple season to start so I can whip up a batch. <3
I love the idea of skillet apples, have never tried them but that will change, these sound delicious!
This looks delicious and perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Such an easy recipe! I can see making this often.
One of my favorite sides to make when serving pork. YUM>
These would pair with so many things. I am thinking pork chops, french toast, ice cream, yummy!
I adore fried apples and haven’t had them in too long! I might need to make some to go with the pancakes I promised my baby baker tomorrow morning!
Fried apples are so delicious and versatile. I like putting them over ice cream with caramel.