More Best Apple Pie Recipes from the Builders Home & Remodeling Show Contest

If you can’t get enough of yummy apple recipes this time of year, then try these recipes from the third-place winners at the St. Charles Builders Home & Remodeling Show. Judges included Mills Apple Farm who selected Carol Licare from Dardenne Prarie, MO, won for her famous Zesty Apple Pie, and Elizabeth Crowley from St. Louis, MO, won for her Apple Bars.

Zesty Apple Pie – Apple Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

• 8 medium Jonathan or Granny Smith apples
• 1/4 cup golden raisins
• 3 tablespoons of tapioca
• 3 pats butter
• pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• pinch of cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350°. Slice apples fine. Mix all ingredients well. Put pie filling into a 9″ pie pan
with Shop N Save crust. Top with another crust. Flute edges of crust. Make slits in top crust and
sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for one hour or until golden brown.

Apple Bars – Apple Dessert Recipe:

Combine and sift:

• 3 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon cloves

Cream:

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs

Add dry mixture.

Gradually add:

• 2 cups grated apples
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup butterscotch chips

Pour into greased, floured 9″x13″ pan. Bake at 375° 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Frost while warm.

Frosting

Whisk until smooth:

• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

If you’re an apple lover who loves to bake, download the complete list of Best Apple Pie Recipes and apple dessert recipes from this year’s Mills Apple Festival. Read our post on first-place winners of the Apple Dessert Recipe Contest.

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