Spiced Apples

It's the beginning of apple season up here in NC. I absolutely love this recipe for spiced apples. I got it from a Williams-Sonoma catalog a couple years ago. (if you haven't noticed recipes sprinkled throughout the catalog, you should take a closer look) The recipe is very easy to throw together and the end product can be used in many things. I like spiced apple stuffed pancakes (as you can see) and putting them in my cook steel cut oatmeal with a little syrup and walnuts. Or maybe even just warmed up with some ice cream on top. Yum!

Here's the recipe:

3 apples peeled & grated (any baking variety would do)

1 Tbs. butter

3 Tbs. brown sugar

1/8 tsp. ground ginger

1/8 tsp. nutmeg

1/8 tsp. ground cloves

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

splash of lemon juice

Combine all of this in a saucepan over medium heat and cook for 30 min. Stir occasionally.

The recipe was originally for spiced apple-filled pancakes using their Ebelskiver pan but that's a tedious process and we learned how to make regular sized stuffed pancakes. Some times when spooning in the spiced apples we add a little cream cheese too. Oh so good!