Oven Baked Apples

A few days ago I went to the orchard (Stribling Orchard in VA)to pick up apples. I had been to a blueberry farm a few times but I was a little nervous when I first visited to pick apples. So I was worried about various things. "Is there my favorite apples like fuji and gala?",  "What if an apple does not reach my hand, how to pick up apples on high ground?". But as I started picking apples, my worries were all gone.
At the front of the farm, I received a map with the kind of apple trees and the apples that were out of reach were picked with a long stick. Very easy! But unfortunately, there were no Gala apple trees and the Fuji apples had already been taken by many people. Very sad. 
So I tried golden delicious apples. It was an excellent choice! It was very, very fresh, juicy and the apple peel was also thin, so it was good to eat! When I bit into an apple, the juice filled my mouth. Yum!
The photo above shows oven baked apples from the orchard.

Ingredients
3 - 4                          apples
1 t                             vinegar
1/2 T                         baking soda

Directions
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Rub and clean apples with baking soda.
Put water in a large bowl and add vinegar.
Immerse apples for 5 minutes and rinse.
Slice apple thinly 2-3 mm and pat dry with paper towel.
Put the apples on the baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes.
Then turn the apples and bake again at 250 degrees for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Arugula Apple Salad

I made a simple arugula salad with olive oil and vinegar. I used 'Ah Love Oil and Vinegar' - Tuscan Herb Olive Oil and Peach White Vinegar. These are produced in oak barrels for more than 12 years. So, the taste is ultra rich and fresh!
I wanted something fresh, so I added sliced Fuji apples.
It was a good balance of bitterness + lovely sweetness + nice sour taste = Very good match!!

Ingredients
1/2       apple
1 C       arugula
1 T       olive oil - tuscan herb
1 T       vinegar - peach white
salt, pepper and dried minced onion to taste

Directions
Wash apple and arugula and slice Fuji apple as in the picture.
Mix olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper well.
Sprinkle salad dressing on the arugula and arrange the sliced apple.
Sprinkle with dried minced onion.


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Puff Pastry Apple & Pear Tart

It is time for fall desserts.

I think of apple, pear, pumpkin and cinnamon first when it comes to fall. 

So I used apple and pear!

Actually, my husband likes my apple cake but I wanted new fall dessert.    

Looks like French Cafe Dessert  :)

These are puff pastry apple & pear!!   

Where is ice cream and syrup?? I need- - -  

What better way to welcome autumn than by making an apple tart?     :p

Apple Puff Pastry Tart Recipe 

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