Festive recipes: Apple Pie and Oat Cookies

We invited readers to share some of their favourite festive recipes with us. As part of an ongoing series, here are two more specialties:

First up, here's how to bake Apple Pie by Priya Manoj:

Cuisine: American

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 cups apples (peeled and sliced)
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 unbaked pie shell
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 2/3 cup sugar

Preparation:

• Soak the apples in melted butter.
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sugar and spices.
• Remove apples from melted butter.
• Coat soaked apples with sugar mixture and pour it into pastry shell.
• Cover the top of the apple filling with a layer of butter to give it a rich flavour.
• Now bake at 400 degrees F for about 45 minutes, until apples are tender.
• Apple pie is ready. Serve with vanilla icecream.

Health quotient: This dish carries the health benefits of apples.

And next, Priya outlines how to prepare Oat Cookies:

Cuisine: American

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup oats
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup pecans (chopped)
• 1 large egg

Preparation:

• Put oats in an oven at 300 degrees F for 10 minutes.
• Beat the egg. Add salt, sugar, and blend well.
• Mix oats, vanilla and pecans.
• Pour the mixture by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets.
• Bake at 300 degrees F for 30 minutes.
• Oat cookies are now ready.

Health quotient: Oats are wholegrain and a good source of protein.