Grape Salad

I love an interesting dessert, and this one sure does deliver. It's the perfect combination of creamy and crunchy, sweet and sour. It travels well too, so make up a batch and take some to your next family gathering.

Ingredients:


5 pounds seedless grapes (Any kind, but I love black grapes.)
8 ounces of sour cream
8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed


1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together sour cream, cream cheese and granulated sugar until well mixed and most lumps are gone.

2. Add in grapes. Mix until well coated.

3. Sprinkle brown sugar and chopped pecans over the top. Refrigerate and serve. Enjoy!

Grated Apple Pie

This pie isn't traditional. There's no weave-top crust or a ton of apple slices. Instead, it's loaded with grated apple and is bare on top to reveal the filling. P.S. It's a zillion times easier to make.

Ingredients:


1 stick butter, melted
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Pinch of salt
2 eggs
5 cups apples, grated
2 refrigerated pie crusts


1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Mix well.

3. Add eggs and then apples. Mix.

4. Divide mixture into the two pie crusts. Bake for 10 minutes on 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place pie rings around the crust so it doesn't burn, and continue baking the pies for 30 minutes.

6. Remove from oven and let cool completely before serving. Enjoy!

Apple Bundt Cake

With apple season fast approaching, I would like to share my mother's apple cake recipe, which she happened to learn from her grandmother. So this recipe is four generations old, and as classic (and delicious) as ever.

Ingredients:


3 cups self-rising flour
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 cup apples, grated (You can use any type of apple, but we tend to use Gala.)


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Liberally grease a Bundt pan with shortening and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, blend flour, sugar, eggs and oil with an electric mixer. Stir in apples.

4. Pour mixture into greased pan. Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

5. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Then run a thin flexible spatula around the edges of the pan to loosen cake. Place a serving platter over the cake pan and invert it to remove cake.  Slice and enjoy!