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Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• smoked sausage
• granny smith apple
• cinnamon
• onion
• sauerkraut
• heavy cream

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Set aside.
2. 2 Make a layer of sliced apples in the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Sprinkle with a bit of the cinnamon. Layer half of the onion, then half of the sauerkraut over the apples. Place all of the sausage slices over the sauerkraut, reserving the drippings in the pan. Cover the sausage with the remaining sauerkraut, onion, and top with apple slices. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon over the top.
3. 3 Pour the heavy cream and brandy into the skillet with the sausage drippings. Place over medium heat, and stir to remove the bits of sausage flavor from the bottom. Pour over the sausage and apple casserole.
4. 4 Cover, and bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven. Let stand for a few minutes before serving.

By Lori Deakins Stewart

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• apple juice concentrate
• apple cider
• apple
• brown sugar
• cinnamon
• ginger
• clove

Instructions

1. 1 In a large saucepan, bring apple juice concentrate, apple cider, and Macintosh apples to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Stirring occasionally, simmer uncovered about 1 hour, until apples are easily mashed.
2. 2 Mix dark brown sugar, apple brandy, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves into the apple mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Transfer to sealed sterile containers, and cool at least 1 hour before serving.

By A. Parker

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• butter
• honeycrisp apple
• apple butter
• crystallized ginger
• lemon zest
• lemon juice
• kosher salt
• ginger
• cinnamon
• white bread

Instructions

1. 1 Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in chopped apples, apple butter, crystallized ginger, brandy, lemon zest and juice, salt, ground ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until apples have softened, 15 to 20 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has evaporated and mixture has thickened, an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool while you prepare the crust.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
3. 3 Melt remaining 12 tablespoons butter in a small microwave-safe bowl, in 15- to 30-second intervals. Stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
4. 4 Remove crusts from bread slices. Gently dip both sides of each bread slice in melted cinnamon butter and arrange inside a 9x5-inch loaf pan, cutting them as needed to line the bottom and sides of the pan completely. Overlap pieces slightly to ensure there are no cracks. Spoon in the apple mixture and cover with remaining butter-dipped bread slices.
5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until bread is crisp and golden, about 50 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Place a plate or serving platter over the loaf pan and flip so the bottom has now become the top.

By Liv Dansky

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• sugar
• cranberry-flavored tea
• lemon
• clove
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• ginger
• water
• white wine
• apple
• cranberry

Instructions

1. 1 Place the sugar, tea bags, lemon slices, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and water into a saucepan, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let mixture cool. Strain out and discard the spices, lemon, and tea bags.
2. 2 Pour the white wine into a large jar or covered container, and mix with the tea mixture. Stir in apples and cranberries; mix in the apple brandy. Chill in refrigerator 24 to 48 hours. Serve cold.

By Cathy K

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• apple cider
• brown sugar
• brown sugar
• honey
• cinnamon
• ginger
• nutmeg
• clove
• black pepper
• salt
• orange zest
• cinnamon stick

Instructions

1. 1 Combine apple cider, apple brandy, ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, black pepper, and salt in a saucepan over medium-high heat; simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.
2. 2 Pour apple cider mixture into heat-proof mugs. Twist orange zest strips between fingers to release essential oils; drop 1 into each mug. Add 1 cinnamon stick to each mug.

By Culinary Envy

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• all-purpose flour
• salt
• butter
• egg yolk
• water
• butter
• white sugar
• egg
• egg yolk
• almond
• all-purpose flour
• sweet apple
• white sugar
• apricot jelly

Instructions

1. 1 To make the pastry: Stir 1 1⁄3 cups of flour and salt together in a medium bowl. Add butter, 1 egg yolk, and water; stir until mixture forms large crumbs. If it is too dry to press a handful together, stir in more water. Press dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Flatten slightly and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or until firm.
2. 2 To make the frangipane: Cream butter and ½ cup of sugar together in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until light and soft. Gradually mix in an egg and remaining egg yolk one at a time. Stir in apple brandy. Stir 2 tablespoons of flour into ground almonds, then mix into batter. Set aside.
3. 3 Roll out pastry dough into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Fold loosely into quarters, and center the point in a 10-inch tart or pie pan. Unfold dough, and press into the bottom and up the sides. Prick with a fork all over, and flute the edges. Return pastry to the refrigerator to chill until firm.
4. 4 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place a baking sheet inside the oven while it preheats.
5. 5 Spoon frangipane into chilled pastry crust, and spread into an even layer. Arrange apple slices in an overlapping spiral pattern. Each slice should have one edge pressed into the frangipane until it touches the pastry base, and then overlap the previous slice. Start at the outside edge, and work towards the center.
6. 6 Place the pie plate on top of the baking sheet in the preheated oven. Bake until filling begins to brown, about 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for another 10 minutes, then sprinkle sugar over the top of the tart. Return to the oven until the sugar caramelizes slightly, about 10 minutes more.
7. 7 Cool the tart on a wire rack. A short time before serving, warm the apricot jelly; add some water if necessary to make it a liquid consistency. Brush warm jelly over the tart for a nice shine.

By Peter Lovering

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• aluminum foil
• kitchen twine
• pork loin roast
• bacon
• blue cheese
• apple cider vinegar
• honey
• black pepper
• kosher salt
• apple
• rosemary
• fennel seed
• fennel bulb
• shallot
• garlic
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the garlic and shallots and cook on medium heat until fragrant and translucent, about 1-2 minutes. Add the fennel, fennel seed, 1 tablespoon of the rosemary, apple, salt, black pepper, honey, vinegar, and apple brandy. Cook on medium heat until the apple and fennel are browned, about 15 minutes. Fennel should be soft but not mushy and still have some firmness. Remove the filling from heat and cool to room temperature. Toss in the blue cheese and the crispy bacon.
2. 2 Line a baking sheet with a heavy sheet of Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, making sure the sheet is long enough to wrap up over the ends of the roast. Layer another two sheets of Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil over the first one. Set aside.
3. 3 Place the pork loin fat side down on a work surface, season the inside lightly with salt and pepper and then evenly spread the filling. Roll the pork up lengthwise and tie it securely with kitchen twine. Rub with remaining olive oil and season evenly with kosher salt. Heat a large heavy skillet (big enough to hold the entire loin) over high heat until very hot. Add the pork loin and brown very well on all sides, about 1 minute per side.
4. 4 Using tongs, place the roast in the center of the foil. Sprinkle with pepper and the rest of the rosemary. Bring up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to seal packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside.
5. 5 Bake the wrapped loin for 45 minutes or until an instant-read meat thermometer reads 130 degrees F. Let the pork rest, wrapped, for 10 minutes. Open packet carefully by cutting along top fold with a sharp knife, allowing steam to escape; then open top of foil packet. Slice and serve.

By Reynolds KitchensR

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• bay leaf
• all-purpose flour
• chicken broth
• carrot
• celery
• onion
• giblet
• neck
• turkey
• pepper
• salt
• butter
• lemon zest
• marjoram
• thyme
• maple syrup
• apple cider

Instructions

1. 1 Combine apple cider and maple syrup in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Continue cooking until reduced to 1/2 cup, then remove the pan from the heat. Stir in 1 tablespoon thyme, 1 tablespoon marjoram, and lemon zest. Stir in butter until melted and season with salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until cold.
2. 2 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place the rack in the lower third of the oven.
3. 3 Place turkey on a rack set in a roasting pan. Reserve 1/4 cup maple butter for gravy and rub remaining maple butter under the skin of the breast and over the outside of turkey. Arrange onion, celery, carrots, turkey neck, and giblets around the turkey. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon marjoram over vegetables. Pour 2 cups broth into the pan.
4. 4 Roast turkey in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cover entire turkey loosely with foil. Continue roasting until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 180 degrees F (85 degrees C), about 2 1/2 hours. Transfer turkey to a platter and let stand for 30 minutes.
5. 5 Strain pan juices into a large measuring cup, remove any excess fat. Add enough chicken broth to pan juices to measure 3 cups. Transfer liquid to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
6. 6 Mix remaining 1/4 cup maple butter and flour in a small bowl until smooth. Whisk flour and butter mixture into broth mixture. Stir in remaining thyme and bay leaf. Boil until reduced to sauce consistency, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Mix in apple brandy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

By Bob Cody

Ingredients

• ✓ apple brandy
• bay leaf
• thyme
• all-purpose flour
• chicken stock
• carrot
• celery
• onion
• giblet
• neck
• turkey
• black pepper
• salt
• butter
• lemon zest
• marjoram
• thyme
• maple syrup
• apple cider

Instructions

1. 1 Boil apple cider and maple syrup in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 20 minutes). Remove from heat and mix in 1/2 of the thyme and marjoram and all of the lemon zest. Add the butter, and whisk until melted. Add salt and ground pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate until cold (syrup can be made up to 2 days ahead).
2. 2 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place oven rack in the lowest third of oven.
3. 3 Wash and dry turkey, and place in a large roasting pan. Slide hand under skin of the breast to loosen. Rub 1/2 cup of the maple butter mix under the breast skin. If planning on stuffing turkey, do so now. Rub 1/4 cup of the maple butter mixture over the outside of the turkey. With kitchen string, tie legs of turkey together loosely.
4. 4 Arrange the chopped onion, chopped celery, and chopped carrot around the turkey in the roasting pan. If desired, the neck and giblets may be added to the vegetables. Sprinkle the remaining thyme and marjoram over the vegetables, and pour the chicken stock into the pan.
5. 5 Roast turkey 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), and cover turkey loosely with foil. Continue to roast, about 3 to 4 hours unstuffed or 4 to 5 hours stuffed, until the internal temperature of the thigh reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C) and stuffing reaches 165 degrees F (75 degrees C). Transfer turkey to a platter, and cover with foil. Reserve pan mixture for gravy. Allow turkey to sit about 25 minutes before removing stuffing and carving.
6. 6 To Make Gravy: Strain pan juices into a measuring cup. Spoon fat from juices. Add enough chicken stock to make 3 cups. Transfer liquid to a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. In a small bowl, mix reserved maple butter mixture with flour to form a paste, and whisk into the broth. Stir in thyme, bay leaf, and apple brandy. Boil until reduced and slightly thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

By Ibby