Sides

Cracker Barrel Skillet Fried Apples

... from Aunt Sandy's Kitchen

• Serves: 6-8 servings
• Prep Time: 15-20 minutes
• Cooking: 30-45 minutes

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Aunt Sandy’s Skillet Fried Apples are richer, fresher, and more homemade than Cracker Barrel’s—soft apple slices in buttery caramel sauce with warm cinnamon spice, just like apple pie filling but even better.

Ingredients

• 8 large apples (12 cups once they're cored and sliced into wedges)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1-2 tablespoons of apple pie spice
• ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) water (for slurry)
• 2 tablespoons corn starch (for slurry)
• Apple juice as needed for thinning slurry

Directions

1. Wash, Peel, core, and slice apples. I use an apple wedger that my brother gave me along time ago.
2. Place the apples in a bowl of lemon water till you are ready to use them. Drain apples before using them.
3. In a very large skillet over medium heat, melt butter and brown sugar.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the apples to the skillet. Toss or stir to evenly coat with the sugar mixture.
5. Place lid on the skillet and cook for a few minutes.
6. Stir and fold the apples on top to the bottom and bottom ones to the top.
7. After the apples cooked for 5-10 minutes, sprinkle apple pie seasonings over the apples and stir.
8. Simmer apples on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes, stirring every 4 to 6 minutes to make sure apples don't burn and cook evenly.
9. Cook apples till they start to get soft.
10. Mix cornstarch and water to make a slurry.
11. Add slurry to the skillet to thicken the sauce.
12. Cook the apple mixture till it reach your desired softness: 5-10 minutes total.
13. Apple juice can be used to thin the apple mixture if it becomes too thick.