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Apple Cider Quick Bread

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:19:03 +0000

This moist delicious apple cider loaf is filled with healthy ingredients like whole wheat flour, yogurt, grapeseed oil, apples and raisins. Like all quick bread recipes you can whip this up in no time to have a healthy treat for your family.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
2 tsp. Watkins Baking Powder
1 tsp. Watkins Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. Watkins Nutmeg
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 egg white
1/2 cup apple cider or unsweetened apple juice
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup Watkins grapeseed oil, original unflavored
1 tsp. Watkins Vanilla Extract
1 cup shredded peeled tart apple
1/3 cup golden raisins
1 tsp. Watkins Grated Orange Peel

Directions: In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, egg white, cider, yogurt, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the apple, raisins and orange peel.

Transfer to a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center come out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf

You can order your Watkins spices and other ingredients fresh from the factory in the Watkins US online store or the Watkins Canadian online store.

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Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:39:22 +0000

It’s apple season, so I’m busy picking, using and putting away the bounty from my trees. You probably don’t have an orchard so check out your local farmers market for apples at their peak of fresh picked goodness. This is our favorite easy, apple crisp recipe as it makes a quick dessert.

Ingredients:
4-5 medium sized apples, peeled and cored
1/3 -1/2 cup /75-125 ml sugar, depending on tartness of apples
1 teaspoon/5 ml Watkins cinnamon

Ingredients for topping:
2/3 cup /150 ml flour, all purpose or whole wheat
2/3 cup /150 ml oatmeal
1/2 cup/125 ml brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon/1 ml Watkins nutmeg
1/2 cup/125 ml butter, softened

Directions: Mix together prepared apples, sugar and cinnamon and place in a 8″/20 cm square pan. Combine topping ingredients in a bowl cutting in butter until well blended and crumbly. Sprinkle topping over apples and bake at 375° F/190° C for about 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm or cold. Great with ice cream or whipped cream.

Tips from the kitchen:

Double the recipe, make two and freeze one baked or unbaked to enjoy another time when you are too busy to make dessert. If unbaked, reduce heat to 350° F and allow extra baking time when baking from frozen. Thaw baked apple crisp in the fridge, then reheat in oven for 10 -15 minutes.
Substitute 2 cups of fresh or frozen berries or other fruit for the apples to create a totally new dessert. Or use a mixture of apples with other fruit.

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Fruit Coffee Cake With Cinnamon Topping

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:59:17 +0000

This fruit coffee cake is low fat and not too sweet, if you want to reduce the sugar more use unsweetened apricots, peaches, or applesauce and use only 1/4 cup of sugar in the topping. You can use any kind of fruit you have on hand, I’ve made this recipe with frozen raspberries or blueberries as well.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons sugar
1 egg or 2 egg whites
1 2/3 cups flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons Watkins Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla
1 cup sweetened cooked apricots, peaches, diced or applesauce
1/4 teaspoon Watkins lemon Extract

Directions: Cream together the butter and sugar, add the egg and beat well. Sift together the dry ingredients and add alternately with the milk. Add Watkins Vanilla. Place in an oiled pan and cover the dough with the fruit, adding Watkins Lemon Extract to the fruit really brings out the flavor. Sprinkle with topping, recipe below and bake 30 minutes in a 375 degree oven.

Cinnamon topping ingredients:
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/4 cup flour, sifted
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Watkins Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla

Blend all the ingredients thoroughly, sprinkle or spread over the unbaked fruit and batter.

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