_French apple pie._—Sprinkle apples with ½ cup raisins. Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Frost baked pie, if desired, with a mixture of ½ cup confectioner’s sugar and 2 to 2½ teaspoons water.
_Cranberry-apple pie._—Use 1 cup fresh cranberries in place of 1 cup of the apples. Increase sugar to 1¼ cups.
⅔ cup sugar 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca ⅛ teaspoon salt 1½ cups water 5 cups tart, pared apple slices
Mix sugar, tapioca, salt, and water in a large saucepan. Let stand while preparing apple slices. Then, bring tapioca mixture to a full boil, stirring to prevent sticking.
Add apples. Boil gently, covered, until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
NOTE: Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve with plain or whipped cream, if desired.
_Dessert apple slices._—Omit the tapioca. Do not stir apples while cooking.
1 recipe tapioca apples (p. 11) ⅓ cup milk 1 cup biscuit mix 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted ¼ cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Pour tapioca apples into a 9-inch square pan.
Stir milk into biscuit mix. Roll dough to 6- by 10-inch rectangle.
Spread dough with fat and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Roll as for jellyroll, starting from short side.
Cut dough into 12 slices ½-inch thick. Arrange on tapioca apples.
Bake at 425° F. (hot oven) about 20 minutes or until biscuits are browned.
NOTE: Use one 20-ounce can of apple pie filling instead of tapioca apples, if desired.
1 quart apple cider 1 teaspoon whole allspice 1 teaspoon whole cloves 2 sticks cinnamon 6 thin lemon slices, if desired
Combine ingredients, except lemon slices, in a saucepan. Simmer covered for 20 minutes.
Remove spices. Serve hot with lemon slices, if desired.
_Mulled apple juice._—Use canned or fresh apple juice instead of cider.
1 quart apple cider 1 cup sweetened cranberry juice 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 cups ginger ale
Combine cider and fruit juices; chill in refrigerator.
Add chilled ginger ale just before serving.
[Illustration: BN-32460 Hot mulled cider and a bowl of popcorn make a tasty snack for a chilly evening.]
1 cup cranberries 2 tart apples, unpared, cored, quartered 1 orange, unpeeled, quartered, seeded ½ cup sugar ⅛ teaspoon salt
Put fruit through food chopper, using fine blade.