Fried Apples Recipe (Southern Style) (2024)

FAQs

Can you buy fried apples at Cracker Barrel? ›

Sliced Fried Apples seasoned with cinnamon and baked in the oven. Packed hot and ready to serve. *May be cooked to order.

They're similar to apple pie filling in texture, but much less sugary and syrupy. The apple filling inside the can is much juicer and not as sticky as the liquid in apple pie filling.

Today, Luck's offers a wide array of premium quality Beans, Chicken and Dumplings, Fried Apples and Fried Peaches, delivering the authentic Southern flavor that made them famous.

Packaged apples found at McDonalds or in your local produce section are usually treated with a solution of calcium ascorbate (a blend of calcium and vitamin C) or citric acid (found in citrus fruit) to maintain freshness and color. Both are very safe to use on fruit that will be consumed.

So you can put away your Granny Smiths and Red Delicious if you think you can just whip up McDonald's signature dessert at home. Instead, Mickey D's makes their pies with six different types of apples — Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gala, Rome, and Ida Red, all of which are homegrown in the U.S.

And then there's the long forgotten fried apple pie at McDonald's, which made the switch to baked in 1992 due to health reasons and has tasted inferior ever since. Unless you're over 40 and/or live in Hawaii (more on that soon), you've probably never tasted a McDonald's fried apple pie.

For the best pies, crisps, and other baked treats, apples need to be firm enough to hold their own during the cooking process. We call these apples “baking apples” and to namedrop, they include Braeburn, Cortland, Honey Gold, Jonathan, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Haralson, and Newtown Pippin.

While great for snacking, Gala, Fuji and Red Delicious are the most common apples that won't hold up in the oven and will give you a watery-mushy pie, tart or cake.

Is it better to cook apples with the skin on or off? ›

Cooking the apples with their skins on imparts an attractive rosy hue to your sauce—the colors leech out into the compote as it cooks. Plus, think of all the time you'll save when you set the peeler aside.

Enjoy a side of Sliced Fried Apples seasoned with cinamon and baked in the oven. *May be cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness. **We cook our hamburgers and hamburger steaks medium, medium-well and well-done.

Pink Lady® apples are more than a blushing beauty. Their sweet flavor and juicy crunch make them perfect for both snacking and cooking.

With the help of honey bees to pollinate the trees and Pheromone traps to reduce the need for pesticides, Leo Dietrich & Sons can supply some of the crisp, juicy apples that are used to produce the apple slices that go into a McDonald's Happy Meal^®.

Cracker Barrel Fried Apples (1 serving) contains 28g total carbs, 28g net carbs, 8.8g fat, 0.4g protein, and 184 calories.

Check the apple's firmness: Pick up the apple and feel the fruit's skin. You can even gently press a small area of the skin to make sure it's firm to the touch. Avoid apples that are noticeably soft, mushy, or indent easily after you press the skin.

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BAKED APPLE DUMPLING

In some ways, the dumpling was a victim of the coronavirus pandemic, as Cracker Barrel had to downsize its menu following supply chain issues after the virus. The dish brought ice cream to an apple fritter-like dessert, and many customers are still missing the item two years later.