Karen’s Opinion

I just love it when my kids ask me for my recipes. It gives me hope that they actually liked what I fed them while they were growing up. LOL

I am at a weird place right now. My husband loves to cook so much that when I offer to do so, he talks me out of it. I am beginning to feel like he doesn’t like my cooking. Oh well. I love that he does the majority of the cooking these days.

Stacy, my daughter, asked for my cobbler and apple crisp recipes:

Nowadays, I buy the Uncle Buck’s mix at the Bass Pro store whenever we visit and use it to make cobbler. I did make this recipe back in December of 1998. LOL I mark things like that on my recipes sometimes. I also wrote “very good”. It was from the Taste of Home Magazine.
Apricot Cobbler
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup water
3 cans (15-1/4 ounces each)
apricot halves, drained
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
TOPPING:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold butter or margarine
1/2 cup milk (can add more)

In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in water; bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil and stir for 1 minute; reduce heat. Add apricots and butter; heat through. Pour into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. For topping, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk just until moistened. Spoon over hot apricot mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the topping comes out clean.
Yield: 6 servings

Here is my Apple Crisp recipe. I made this just the other day.

APPLE CRISP
place approx. 4 cups peeled, sliced apples in an 8×8 baking dish
Over 4 cups sliced apples put 3 tablespoons butter, 1/2 cup water and cinnamon to taste.

In a mixing bowl:
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
add 1 egg and work until mixture is like corn meal

I use a knife and fork and cut them across each other to work the mixture.

Sprinkle over the top of the apples and bake at 350 degrees until brown, or about 1 hour. I cover with foil the last 20 minutes of baking time.

Note: I usually double this recipe and bake in a 9×13 baking dish.