Escalloped Cinnamon Apples
A copycat recipe for Stouffer's Harvest Apples, discontinued in 2013, but a delicious accompaniment to roast pork or baked chicken.
Introduced in 1967, Stouffer produced Harvest Apples only once each year in the fall - truly harvest apples, but just in time for the holidays. It was an immensely popular side dish throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, but began to fall from favor in the 1990s as people became overly concerned about sugar and calories. The biggest complain about the product was that it was too sweet. So, Stouffer finally succumbed to market forces and discontinued the product in 2013.
Fortunately, it is a relatively easy recipe to copy and perhaps making it from scratch is a more healthful alternative anyway. I found this recipe just a few years before the product was discontinued on one of those copycat recipe sites. It’s a delicious accompaniment to roast pork or baked chicken.
Escalloped Cinnamon Apples
Ingredients
- 4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- pinch of fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup no sugar added apple juice (like, Mott's)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbsp corn starch dissolved in 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Slice the apples into more or less 1" pieces.
- Add all the ingredients except the corn starch in a small saucepan over medium high heat.
- Gently simmer until the apples are fork tender, about 10-12 minutes.
- Add the corn starch dissolved in water and stir well to combine.
- Simmer until the sauce thickens, 1-2 minutes.
