Anne’s Apple Cheese Crepes

Our apple tree is full of delicious apples … so our challenge is to find as many uses for them as possible. Apple cheesecake … check! Apple pie … check! Apple in our cereal dishes … check! And now, this delicious recipe.  Using our Best Basic Crepe Recipe we’ve created a very special recipe. These crepes were an absolute hit at breakfast this morning and our guests said they’d happily act as testers on any future recipes too!!

 

 

 

Anne’s Apple Cheese Crepes Recipe

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Anne's Apple Cheese Crepes Recipe

Makes 8-12 Crepes

What You Need:

• 8 – 12 prepared Crepes (you can use our Basic Crepe Recipe)
  

  Crepes

Filling:

• 6 Tablespoons unsalted Butter, melted
• 6 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/8 cup water
• 6 apples – peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts, warmed
  

  Apple Filling

• 1/3 cup light cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/3 cup goat cheese, room temperature

Sauce:

• 6 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
• 12 Tablespoons Whipped Cream

Garnish:

• ¼ cup walnuts
  

  Cheese on Crepe

• Mint leaves
• Fresh thin Apple slices

What You Do:

1. Place first five filling ingredients in a fry pan. Cover and simmer for 4-6 minutes until apples are tender.
2. Remove from heat and add warmed chopped walnuts to the apple mix.
3. Blend two cheeses together.
4. Spread a small amount on each crepe.
5. Spread cooked Apple mix on top of cheese on each crepe.

Rolled Crepe with Sauce

6. Roll and plate.
7. Drizzle on sauce.
8. Add garnish and serve warm.

RECIPE: Applesauce Muffins

Did you know there are over 7500 varieties of apples grown around the world? And, to this day, the majority of apples are still hand picked! And do you know the apple is part of the rose family? I guess that explains their pink blossoms??

We have an amazing apple tree in our front yard… and while we were away Ethel, our innsitter, picked many apples and left us some wonderful applesauce.  This is one of the recipes I used the applesauce in:

Recipe for Applesauce Muffins

What you’ll need:

• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• 1 ¼ cups wheat germ
• 1 ¼ cups quick oats
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• ½ cup canola oil
• 1 slightly beaten egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 400oF.
2. Spray 24 mini muffin cups with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Combine all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
4. Add to the dry mixture the applesauce, oil, egg and vanilla extract. Mix only until all of the dry mixture is moistened.
5. Spoon into the muffin cups, filling 3/4 full.
6. OPTIONAL: If you like cinnamon and sugar combine 3 teaspoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle on top of each unbaked muffin for that extra cinnamon taste.  Personally I just added a walnut to the top.
7. Bake 15 – 17 minutes until golden brown (toothpick inserted into center should come out clean).
8. Remove from muffin cups, and let cool on a cooling rack. Serve warm or cool. Any that you don’t eat that day can be frozen and microwaved for a quick snack later in the week.