Dive into these iconic flavors with our exclusive appetizer showcase, starring the season's finest: Autumn Glory and Cosmic Crisp apples. These four appetizers marry Autumn Glory's sweet cinnamon notes and the juicy crunch of Cosmic Crisp. These dishes promise to take the ring home this season.
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Autumn Glory Apple BBQ Meatballs
Ingredients
- 3 Autumn Glory® apples
- 2 ½ cups of brown sugar
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 lemon
- 1 pound of frozen meatballs
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Ground cinnamon
- Paprika
Directions
- Put the pound of meatballs in a crock pot and allow them to start cooking.
- In the meantime, peel and cut 2 Autumn Glory apples into cubes.
- Place the cut apples in a saucepan with 1 cup of brown sugar.
- Stir them together until the sugar starts boiling.
- Once boiling, transfer the mixture into a blender to create your apple sauce.
- Transfer the apple sauce back into a pan.
- Add the remaining brown sugar, ketchup, and the juice of the lemon.
- Allow it to simmer, then add salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, cinnamon, and paprika to taste.
- Stir until it boils, and the consistency thickens.
- Pour the BBQ sauce into the crockpot and mix in with your meatballs.
- Cut the third Autumn Glory apple into cubes and transfer it into the crockpot.
- Let cook for about an hour and a half.
- Serve and ENJOY!
Cosmic Crisp Bacon Wraps
Ingredients
- 2 Cosmic Crip® apples
- 1 pound of bacon
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Peel and core the Cosmic Crisp apples and cut them into medium wedges.
- Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla extract in a bowl.
- Grab your bacon slices and drop them into the bowl.
- Evenly coat the bacon slices with the sugar mixture.
- Take one slice of apple and wrap one slice of bacon around it.
- Repeat until all of your apple slices are wrapped.
- Place them into a baking pan and put them in the oven for about an hour (depending on how crispy you'd like them.) You can also place them in the grill.
- Serve and ENJOY!
We paired it with our Apple BBQ recipe.
Autumn Glory Mint Salsa
Ingredients
- 2 Autumn Glory® apples
- 1 jalapeno
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¼ spearmint
- 1 scallion
- Chips
Directions
- Cut your Autumn Glory apples into cubes and add them to a bowl.
- Squeeze one tablespoon of lemon juice.
- Chop up the jalapeno, spearmint, and scallion and place them into the bowl with your chopped-up apple.
- Add the remaining lemon juice and sugar.
- Mix everything.
- Serve with chips.
- ENJOY!
Cosmic Crisp Candy Apple Board
Ingredients
- 2 Cosmic Crisp® apples
- Skewers
- Mini marshmallows
- Chocolate chips
- Peanut butter candy chips
- Mini M&Ms
- Sprinkles
- Caramel
Directions
- Cut the Cosmic Crisp apples into slices and place a skewer through the middle.
- Place all of the other ingredients in small bowls on a platter.
- Serve and ENJOY!
