0 Apple Serniki

Aaaand for dessert - apple serniki!  If only you knew what a serniki was.  Good thing I do!  It's very similar to cheesecake, and it's DELICIOUS and so very easy.

Remember that Apple Butter recipe I posted last week?  Hopefully you made it, and have some left.

Apple Serniki

1.5 packages cream cheese, room temp
2 eggs, beaten
1-1.5 cups of apple butter

Preheat oven to 300.  Mix together cream cheese and apple butter, and slowly incorporate the eggs.  Mix well.  Use paper cups in your muffin pan, and evenly distribute in each cup.  Bake for 40 minutes, and then thoroughly cool to room temp, then chill.  Dense, creamy deliciousness. Top with whipped cream if you like.

You could also make a pumpkin version with pumpkin pie spice, 1 cup sugar (or sub), 1 tsp vanilla and canned pumpkin (about 8-10 oz.)

0 Apple Butter

This apple butter recipe is so simple and delicious.

5 1/2 pounds of apples, peeled, cored and chopped (I used a combo of Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Braeburn and Red Delicious)
1.5 cups sugar (I use birch sugar, (xylitol) which is a 1:1 ratio)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp salt

Combine all ingredients in a crockpot

Cook on High for 2 hours.

Stir and continue cooking on low, stirring occasionally.

Cook down for 9-10 hours, until very dark brown and thickened.

Stir with a wire whisk to smooth, or use a stick blender to puree and distribute into jars - fills about 5 8-oz Mason jars.  Freeze for longer-term storage, or can in Mason jars.

Enjoy on toast, waffles, pancakes, use as a sweet filling, or just eat by the spoonful! YUMM!