Southern Fried Apples

Course Breakfast, Dessert, Side Dish

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword fried-apple-recipes, southern-fried-apples

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings cups

Calories 446kcal

Peel the apples and remove the core, then slice.
In a heavy bottomed skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat.
Add apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, apple pie spice and salt. Stir with the sugar mixture to combine.
Lower heat to low. Simmer allowing to bubble gently uncovered for 15-20 minutes or until they have a tender texture.
In a small bowl, stir together 1 Tbsp of cornstarch in just enough cold water to dissolve. Increase the heat to medium high then stir the cornstarch slurry into the apple slices. Repeat until your desired thickness and consistency is reached.
Serve immediately as a side dish with pork or chicken or serve over pancakes, waffles, homemade biscuits or pound cake.

You can make fried apples with any variety of apples that you have on hand. It's best to choose a firm apple that's somewhat tart like Honeycrisp apples, Gala apples or Braeburn apples.
Should you choose to make fried apples using a sweeter softer variety of apples such as golden delicious, adjust the amount of sugar accordingly.
Keep in mind, that each variety of apple will perform differently. Some apples are naturally more juicy and some will need less cooking time, than others.
You can thicken the sauce with cornstarch at the end of cooking to your personal taste. Start with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in cold water, then repeat until they're thickened to your liking. If you'd like the apples to have a thicker coating just repeat the cornstarch slurry. Likewise, If you want a thinner syrup, you may choose not to thicken at all.
You can adjust the amount of cinnamon to your taste.