Honemade *APLETS AND COTLETS*
A favorite treat from the great
American Northwest!
3 tablespoons unflavored gelatine
3 cups apple juice or unsweetened apricot juice
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons lemon lime juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
2/3 cup cornstarch
2 cups walnuts, chopped
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
*Instructions:*
Soften the gelatine in 1/2 cup
of the apple juice.
Boil remaining juice with the
sugar for 15 minutes to
concentrate it.
Mix the lemon and lime juice,
and add all but 1/4 cup cornstarch
to dissolve it in the mixture.
Add both gelatine mixture and
cornstarch mixture to the boiled
juice and boil again rapidly for
10 minutes until very thick,
stirring constantly.
Taste for sweet and sour and
add more lemon juice if desired.
Mix in the walnuts and pour
mixture into a 9-inch square
baking pan that has been
dipped in cold water.
Let paste harden 12 hours or
overnight, then cut with a
sharp knife into squares.
Mix together the reserved
1/4 cup cornstarch and
confectioners’ sugar.
Remove squares with a spatula
and roll each in the confectioners’
sugar mixture (the cornstarch
helps keep the sugar dry).
Yields about 64 small cubes.
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[Del, what if you managed to include some of your dried fruits in the rolling mix?
granny]
That sounds great!
Still have about a month till the apples are ready... Will try it!
Dehydrating is going smashingly! have discovered that my one gallon container holds 9 1/2 five gallon buckets of tomatoes once they are dried and ground. makes a nice paste too. (had to try it)