Add the soft butter, and using your fingertips, lightly mix in the butter and the flour mix until you get a coarse, wet sand sort of mixture. Like making a crumble. If you prefer, you could do this part in a food processor, then transfer everything into the bowl to move on to the next step. With November fast drawing to a close, and we get ready to say goodbye to fresh, homegrown apples, I thought I’d slip in this delicious, favourite apple cake recipe. Because once December comes around, it’s all about the jingling bells! Different varieties of apples will have distinct tastes. If your kids find that one is too tart, they may enjoy a sweeter type. Bake at 180 C for 35 to 40 minutes or until the top is golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, coconut and salt. Stir together. Add melted butter and stir until combined. Mixture should resemble wet sand.

Unsalted Butter: because butter makes everything taste better. It also helps set and bind the biscuit base and crumble topping. The seeds are a result of the flower being pollinated. Just like a zinnia, a common annual, produces seeds so do apple blossoms. Unlike many flowers, an apple's seeds are hidden inside of a fruit.Dollop spoonfuls of sour cream over apples. Spread out to form one even layer. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar all over the top.

Make teaching easier with our activities and recipes compiled in theme sets and books with an easy to read format You could try substituting the egg in this recipe with ¼ cup of apple sauce which would complement the flavours but I haven't personally tested this. Can you freeze it? I use the same buttery crust from our popular Coconut Jam Slice. It’s soft, sweet and melts-in-your-mouth. Then we add a layer of canned apples. I tested this recipe with fresh apples, but found canned apples worked better. An apple slice isn't an apple pie where there is pastry on the top and the bottom. The base is like a cross between a cake and a biscuit or cookie. My favourite part is this base while Mr NQN loves the apple topping on this and I didn't know until my friend Nic sent me this recipe that the white creamy topping was made from sour cream! In a separate bowl or stand mixer cream the room-temperature butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and egg and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and mix lightly until well mixed but still crumbly.Hypothesis: Dipping the apple slices in a liquid will slow the browning process. Have your child predict which liquid will work the best and record it on the free apple oxidation experiment worksheet. Meanwhile, combine the apples and sour cream. Spread evenly over the base and return to the oven for another 15 minutes.

Once an apple is sliced or bit into, and the peel is broken, the fruit inside is no longer protected. If you have ever witnessed an apple turning brown after slicing that is because the skin is no longer protecting the inside of the apple. Stem This recipe was inspired by a late afternoon stroll down a street. At a crossing I paused and looked up and saw one of those old fashioned bakeries that sell apple slices, custard tarts, vanilla slices and those very random frogs. I went in and bought one and it was delicious, imbued with memories I had thought were long gone. I was so excited to make it that I woke up early the next morning and made it. Step 2 - In a large bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, coconut, sugar and salt until combined. Add the melted butter and mix and then press into the prepared tin and bake for 20 minutes or until set. Kids can take a small parts of the apple and place them on the worksheet. Then they can draw a sketch of the different parts. And don’t forget a recipe like the one contributed below by one of our fabulous MoM Members is totally freezable – a massive win if you like to bake things ahead of time.When I first saw a version of this recipe on The WHOot I could not believe you could make a tasty slice with only five ingredients. Many people love to finish the Dorset Apple Cake batter with a layer of sliced apples. If that’s what you like, use an extra apple, slice thinly, then just top the batter, before baking. Don't underestimate the power of observing really basic parts such as the stem or a seed. Kids love looking at the different parts up close. Give them time to observe and provide prompts if needed. Other apple recipes: top 5 apple recipes, Apple Dapple Cake, French Apple Cake, Apple cinnamon pop tarts, Invisible Apple Cake, Sicilian Apple Cake, Best Apple Crumble, Apple Flower Tarts, Apple Rose Tart, Thousand Layered Apple Cake, Gluten free apple and polenta cake and the ULTIMATE apple pie! I've made this slice with both tinned apples (a pantry relic from 2020 COVID where we bought tinned fruit) and fresh, stewed apples and they both work well. The only advantage to home stewed apples is that I tend to add cinnamon and sugar to them.