Juanita Shaw Cooks on the Jackson 24/7 TV Show!
Posted by Casey Jones Village at 10/19/2010 10:57 AM 
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Categories: Live Music, in the village, casey jones museum, in the news, To Go, old country store, Events and Premieres
Our own Juanita Shaw, co-owner with Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store, does a monthly cooking segment on the Jackson 24/7 show that airs on EPlusTV 6 on the Jackson Energy Authority's local cable channel. She's an excellent cook and this month shares her apple recipes. The segment airs on www.eplustv6.com on Wednesday, October 20th at noon.
Fall is certainly the time of year to be cooking with apples. They are in season, there are great selections of many varieties and are now available in grocery stores. The are very nutritious, tasty and easy to cook.
Fall is certainly the time of year to be cooking with apples. They are in season, there are great selections of many varieties and are now available in grocery stores. The are very nutritious, tasty and easy to cook.
Fancy Baked Apples
6 McIntosh apples
2 TBS sugar
1 TBS dark brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 TBS butter (cut into 6 tsp size pieces)
Wash and dry apples. Trim 1/4 inch off the tops of the apples. With a melon baller scoop out the center of the apple, removing seeds. Rub top of apple with lemon. Mix sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and pecans together. Fill each apple with the mixture. Top each apple with 1 tsp of butter. Set each apple upright in a muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes at 425 degrees or until apples are tender.
Apple Dumplings
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup whole milk
water to moisten dough edges
Mix first 3 ingredients together. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture looks like coarse meal. Add milk gradually and stir to make a soft dough. Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured surface. Shape dough to a 21x14 inch rectangle. Cut dough with pastry cutter into six 7 inch squares.
Follow recipe for Fancy Baked Apples with the additional step of peeling the whole apple. Place each unbaked apple on a pastry square.Moisten edges of dough with water. Bring corners to the center of apple and pinch edges together to seal. Place dumplings in a lightly greased baking pan and bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
Syrup for Apple Dumplings
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 TBS butter
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Combine all ingredients into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour syrup over dumplings as soon as they are removed from the oven.
Southern Fried Apples
4 to 6 tart apples, unpeeled and sliced 1/4 inch
1/4 cup sugar
2 TBS brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1-1/2 TBS butter
1/2 TBS bacon fat
In a small bowl, mix sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon together, set aside. Heat butter and bacon fat in a heavy skillet. Add apples to skillet and fry until the apples begin to brown. Sprinkle in sugar mixture slowly (careful not to get skillet too hot, it will burn the sugar) and stir until apples cook to desired consistency. Put cooked apples on serving plate and sprinkle additional sugar mixture on top.
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