The Apple Recipe contest winners and entries are:

  Pies and Strudel.

          1^{st.Place Apple Cranberry Crumb Pie, Millie Rice of Belvidere, NJ}

                                   pastry for 2 crust pie OR 1 crust and crumb topping          3/4 cup brown sugar

                                  1/4 cup sugar                                                                      1/3 cup flour

                                  1 teaspoon cinnamon                                                            4 cups pared, sliced tart apples

                                  2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries (whole or chopped)

Heat oven to 4250F. Combine sugars, flour and cinnamon; add fruit and mix well. Turn into pastry lined pan. Dot apple mixture with 2 Tablespoons butter and then add top crust. Cut slits in top crust and seal edges. OR, top with a crumb topping instead of top crust (preferred by Milly). Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.

          ^{2nd. Apple Strudel, Karen Bullivant of Asbury, NJ}

            3rd. Apple Pie, Pete Sgro of Blairstown, N J

  Cake, Cookies, Muffins and Bread.

            1st. Sour Cream Apple Squares, Karen Bullivant of Asbury, NJ

                                    2 cups all purpose flour                              ^{2 cups packed brown sugar}

                                 ^{½ cup butter or margarine, softened         1 cup chopped nuts}

                                 ^{2 teaspoons ground cinnamon                    1 teaspoon baking soda}

                                ^{½ teaspoon salt                                               1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream}

                                 ^{1 teaspoon vanilla extract                          1 egg, beaten}

                                 ^{2 cups chopped peeled apples                      Whipped cream-optional}

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and butter; Blend at low speed until crumbly. Stir in nuts. Press about 2 ¾ cups into the bottom of an un-greased 13in x 9 in x 2in baking pan. To the remaining crumb mixture, add cinnamon, baking soda, salt, sour cream, vanilla, and egg. Beat until thoroughly combined. Stir in apples. Spoon evenly over bottom layer. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool on a wire rack. When cake is cool, dust with confectioners’ sugar or frost with your favorite frosting. Yield: 12 to 15 servings

            2nd. Cinnamon Apple Cheesecake, Amanda Rowe’s Mom of Phillipsburg, NJ

            3rd. Cocoa Apple Cake, Millie Rice of Belvidere, NJ

   Miscellany.

            1st. Apple Cole Slaw, Karen Bullivant of Asbury, NJ

                2 cups cabbage                              2 cups apples, unpeeled, cored and diced

               ½ cup sour cream or plain yogurt     ¼ teaspoon dried dill ½ teaspoon salt

               1 teaspoon lemon juice                   ¼ teaspoon pepper

               ½ teaspoon sugar                           1 apple, unpeeled, thinly sliced

In a large bowl, combine the cabbage, apples, sour cream or yogurt, dill, salt, lemon juice, pepper and sugar. Toss gently but thoroughly. Serve garnished with apple slices.

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