What to do with 15# of apples

from Eplegaarden:

Give away 3# at game night.

Save 5# of the best Galas to pack in lunches.

Bake 3# in apple crisp and watch them vanish.

Dig out the food dehydrator and turn 4# into a few ounces of rather tasty fruit leather. It helps to swish the slices in lemon juice and water first.

Then, use the dried apples in walnut cheddar apple muffins, modified from the Amish & Mennonite Apple Cookbook.

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Grease a muffin tin.
3. In bowl #1, beat 1/2 C butter and 1 C brown sugar together.
4. Beat in 2 eggs and 1 tsp vanilla.
5. In bowl #2, combine 2 C whole wheat flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/4 tsp salt.
6. Mix bowl #1 into bowl #2.
7. Add 1 C sour cream and 1/4 C milk.
8. Stir in 1 C shredded Cheddar cheese, 1 C diced dried apple, and 1/2 C chopped walnuts.
9. Spoon into muffin tin and bake 20-25 minutes.
10. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then cool on wire rack.

Almost makes me wish I'd picked 30#. Almost.