LET’S COOK LITHUANIAN
with Dana Siliūnas.
It s apple baking time
APPLE CAKE
Obuolinis pyragas
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. each salt, cinnamon, baking soda and vanilla
3 cups Granny Smith apples, thinly sliced, unpeeled (about 2 large apples)
1 cup golden raisins (optional)
Powdered sugar for dusting
Butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat vegetable oil and sugar until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and vanilla. Mix until well-blended. Add apples and raisins, if using, and gently combine, being careful not to break up the apples too much. Pour into prepared pan and bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Test with a toothpick or skewer; making sure it comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan, turn out onto a cake platter and dust with powdered sugar
APPLE SLICES
Obuoliu riekes
1 egg yolk
1 cup plus
1 Tbsp. sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 cup margarine
1 cup com flake crumbs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 Tbsp. salt
8-10 apples
Combine flour, salt, margarine and 1 Tbsp. sugar. Mix egg yolk with 2/3 cup milk and add to the dough. Roll out half the dough, spread on 10” x 15” jelly roll pan. Spread corn flake crumbs over the dough. Slice apples, add 1 cup sugar and cinnamon and mix together. Spread over the dough and corn flakes. Roll out the other half of the dough and cover the apple mixture. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
Frosting:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg white, beaten until fluffy
Pour over mixture when completely cool.
APPLE HOT CAKES
Obuoliniai blynai
2 cups cake flour
3 Tbsps. sugar
2 tsps. baking soda
1/2 tsp. each: cinnamon, salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 large egg
1 Tbsp. melted butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
4 medium tart apples (Jonathans, Granny Smiths), washed, cored, shredded (about 3 cups)
Butter, margarine or cooking spray for griddle
For serving, warm maple syrup
Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, egg, melted butter and vanilla and mix well, then stir in apples. Or to make in food processor, shred apples and set aside. Combine remaining ingredients and mix with metal blade. Add apples and mix in lightly, just to combine. Heat greased griddle until hot. By scant XA cup (about 3 Tbsps.) amounts, spoon batter onto griddle, using back of spoon to spread to 3-inch rounds. Cook over medium heat, turning once, until browned on both sides and cooked through, about 6 minutes total. Cooked hot cakes can be kept warm in 200° oven while others are being cooked. Serve warm with warm maple syrup.
APPLE CRISP
Trapus obuoliu pyragas
Apple mixture
8 cups thinly sliced apples
1/2 cup flower
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbsps. cinnamon
Crumb mixture
1 cup flour
2 tsps. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 cup oatmeal
2 sticks margarine
Preheat oven to 350°. Combine apple mixture ingredients and set aside. Combine crumb mixture and sprinkle evenly in the bottoms of two 8 ” x 9” pans. Divide the apple mixture into the two pans and top each with remaining crumbs. Bake for an hour or until apples are soft.