Apple Brats with Spiced Apple Sauce

Happy apple season!! We went to the apple orchard on Sunday and filled up with tons of apples and found these awesome apple brats, so I had to make these. The apple sauce is so rich and delicious and easy to make. Your kids will love it too! It’s not filled with all those preservatives and only a little bit of sugar. Apples straight from the orchard!

Spiced Apple Sauce

Ingredients

• 5 lbs. apples (12-15 apples, peeled and sliced) I used my favorite McIntosh, Regent, and Fireside
• ½ cups water
• ¾ cup brown sugar (depending how sweet or tart your apples are)
• 1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg

Directions

Place all ingredients into a large pot over medium to low heat. Cover and let simmer 35-45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Your whole house will smell like apples and sweet cinnamon! Cook until the apples are tender. To puree you can either place the apples into a food processor with a metal blade attachment or use a potato masher to mash them up to your desired consistency. Apple sauce is so delicious warm or cold!

Apple Brats

Ingredients

• 4 apple brats
• 4 brat buns

Directions

On a hot grill pan place the apple brats and cook for about 7-8 minutes until heated through. Grill the buns as well if you wish too. Assemble the brat and cover with that delicious spiced apple sauce.

 Purple Cauliflower and Brussel Sprouts

Ingredients

• 1 lb. purple cauliflower, cut off the florets and as much of the stem as you want
• 1 lb. Brussel sprouts, cut off ends and slice in half
• 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• Pinch of red pepper flakes
• Salt and Black pepper

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F. Spread vegetables out flat drizzle the olive oil, sprinkle the red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Then with clean hands make sure all vegetables are covered. Make sure it’s an even layer and bake for 20-25 minutes until tender and crisp on the outside.