Fried Apples
HB-0944 · Hand-built original · American
This Southern Fried Apples recipe is sweet, buttery, and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Delicious for breakfast, dessert, OR as a side for dinner!
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
Ingredients
- 4 oz butter
- 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut into medium wedges (about 5 cups)
- 3½ oz granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
Method
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the apple wedges and stir to coat them in the butter. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Continue cooking uncovered for 15–20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender and the butter and sugar have formed a glossy, amber sauce.
- Serve warm — over vanilla ice cream, with pork chops, or spooned on top of pancakes or oatmeal.
Prep: 10 min · Cook: 30 min · Total: 40 min