It's time for dessert

No meal is really ever complete without dessert. When my children were small we would often let them order dessert first when we traveled on vacation. After all, what could make a vacation more special than starting your dinner with an ice cream sundae? We embodied the old saw that "life is short, start with dessert"! At least when we were away from home! It's something they sometimes stil do today, even though they are both grown adults now. Gad they learned something useful from their childhoods.

So, in keeping with simple is better, and few cooking skills are more than enough, here is a simple recipe for ...

Fried Apple Rings

Ingredients
2 large apples, cored and sliced into 1/2" thick slices
(I prefer Rome apples for this but any will do)
2 tbs brown sugar
2 tbs butter

Instructions
Melt the butter in a large skillet. Place one layer of apple rings into the pan and sprinkle with 1/2 the brown sugar. Cook for about 5 minutes uncovered over medium heat, then turn over and continue cooking until then apple rings are soft and the sugar and butter have caramelized on the rings. Remove the apple rings and place into a small aluminum pie pan and keep warm in the oven (200-240 degrees) while cooking the second batch. Add the remainder of the rings and butter to the pan, make sure the pan doesn't get too hot and burn the butter or the apples. Cover these rings with the remainder of the brown sugar. Cook as you did the first batch, then remove them from the pan, add them to the rings in the oven, and serve.

These apple rings are fine by themselves. They also make a great addition to a Sunday brunch, are great along side bacon and pancakes, and make any brunch special.

For dessert, you can serve them alone, or top one or two with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or your own favorite if you don't like vanilla, and some chocolate or caramel sauce... be decadent and add some whipped cream too if you like... you cannot mess this one up!


Start your meal with them...life is short...have dessert first!