Cracker Barrel’s best dish, hands down, is their fried apples. The comments section will now be full of praise and censure for this venerable establishment, but it holds a dear place in my heart. This was the stopping point on the way to my grandparents’, a special treat at the end of vacations, and the site of celebratory meals with the whole family. While I enjoy everything I order there, my continual go-to is the fried apples, and I have yet to leave the restaurant without eating this syrupy treat.
A few years ago, I decided to re-create this dish at home, and after much trial and error, it’s now my fall treat of choice on chilly evenings. Or not so chilly evenings, since it’s decided to stay in the 70s and 80s here into November. Regardless, the smell of cinnamon, apples, and butter has filled my apartment frequently over the past few weeks, and it’s inspired me to branch out a bit in the fall dessert department.
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