Baked Apples Glacé

Note this recipe asks for the skin of the apple to be removed from the top to about one-third of the way down. This apple has simply been cored.Fall is usually the best season for cooking and baking with apples.  But thankfully,  with groceries the way they are, you can find good apples almost all year round. 

While Christmas Season is the usual time for baked apples glace, I find myself craving it at other off times of year and feel obliged to satisfy that craving (especially in late June early July).  So here is a vintage recipe for Baked Apples Glacé, a simple, healthy, and tasty part of any menu.

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General Rules For Cooking Fruit

Cooking fruit is really very simple.  But there’s a right way and a wrong way.  Proper preparation and cooking could mean the difference between success and, “Oh, dear!”  Good Housekeeping’s 1929 “Good Meals and How to Prepare them” offers the following tips that are still top notch today.  Find out what to do with Fresh Fruit (stewed, compote cooking in syrup, baked or scalloped, steamed) - Dried Fruits - and Fruit Whips.

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Healthy Fathers Day Brunch Menu Ideas

Father’s day brunch is usually filled with pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausages, and other usual brunch fare, in amounts that exceed normally healthy standards.  And that’s okay, especially since these yummy foods aren’t obliged upon us every day.  Dad’s health, however, may be an issue.  If so, and if smaller portions of these brunch favorites are not an option, there are a variety of menu ideas out there that can cater to your father’s diet and offer a tasty variety that says, “I really love you, Dad”.

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