Easy One Pan Cranberry, Apple and Carrot Dessert

This was great because I made it all in one large frying pan ( no frying) and it turned out like a cobbler! My version is a little tart (like me), but you can add sugar.

Ingredients:

3 apples *I used Macintosh* cored and sliced thick
2 cups cranberries or 1 package frozen cranberries
1 tsp lemon juice
2 carrots diced *carrots are optional ( I liked the added colour)
pinch Sea Salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c. pumpkin seeds
1/2 c blanched almonds or slivered almonds
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 cup granola - low sugar/sodium

How I did it:

Over low setting put cranberries and apples in pan. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
Add 2 tbsp water to the pan. Cover and stir every 5 minutes until fruit starts to soften. Add carrots, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds and almonds.
Stir and cover.
When the fruit has become soft toss granola into mixture along with maple syrup. Cover and let sit 15 minutes and serve immediately.
Or, if you are making this ahead of time remove the covered pan from the stove and let sit. Reheat later.

By letting the mixture sit it thickens and becomes like a cobbler. Reheats well.

 Enjoy!
~Roberta

Don't Beat Me Apple Cake

This is my version of another apple cake circulating but I found it needed a few adjustments and of course, it needed more yumminess.

Don't Beat Me Apple Cake

The cool thing about this recipe is that you use a cake mix like Duncan Hines but you don't actually have to 'make it'.

What I Used:
5 Macintosh apples sliced or chopped. The original recipe calls for removing the peel but that's where all the good stuff is ( and I'm lazy).
1/4 c margarine or butter
1/2 c apple juice
1/4 c Skor pieces
1/2 c mini marshmallows
cinnamon
Agave syrup ( natural sweetener)   Alternative: 1/2 c brown sugar or 1/4 c Splenda Brown Sugar.

How I did it

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a casserole-type serving dish ( I used a glass 9x14 dish), place the ingredients in this order:
• 1/2 of the apples along bottom of dish
• 1/2 cake mix to cover the apples
• rest of the apples covering the mix
• rest of the cake mix
• sprinkle cinnamon all over cake
• sprinkle Skor pieces
• sprinkle marshmallows

Using a fork or knife lightly mix the last 3 ingredients into the cake. Some will mix in and some should still be on top or poking through.  There's no right or wrong. I just don't like leaving too many exposed marshmallows because they could start to burn and we only want them to turn a golden brown.

Finally,

• pour the apple juice over the cake
• drizzle Agave over top *I just squeezed the bottle and randomly drizzled. I didn't measure. Sorry. Squirt more or less. YOU judge! :)
• dot the top with margarine.

Bake for 40 minutes total or until golden brown on top.
At 30 minutes check the cake and if you see any cake mix still not baked, just stir it into the mixture. The final 10 minutes of baking will take care of it.

Important Tip - Make sure you eat some as soon as it's cool enough. It won't last long.

Faking the Expert - Serve with a few thick slices of cheddar cheese on the side. Everyone will think you actually know how to cook!


~Commando Cook