Best 11 Grandmas Apple Kuchen Recipes

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**Grandma's Apple Kuchen: A Delightful Fusion of Sweet and Tangy Flavors**

Indulge in the timeless classic, Grandma's Apple Kuchen, a delectable treat that seamlessly blends sweet and tangy flavors. This traditional German coffee cake boasts a golden-brown crust, a tender and fluffy interior, and a generous filling of sautéed apples that burst with a symphony of flavors. As you savor each bite, you'll be transported to a cozy kitchen filled with the aromas of freshly baked goods and the warmth of family gatherings. This article presents a collection of Grandma's Apple Kuchen recipes, each offering unique variations to cater to different preferences and dietary restrictions. Dive into the culinary journey and discover the perfect recipe to recreate this beloved dessert in your own kitchen. From the classic version featuring a buttery streusel topping to the gluten-free and vegan interpretations, there's a kuchen for every palate to enjoy. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a delightful baking adventure with Grandma's Apple Kuchen.

Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!

GRANDMA'S BEST APPLE KUCHEN



Grandma's Best Apple Kuchen image

Grandma's Best Apple Kuchen recipe is now yours-and be prepared to share the recipe, because it's a crowd-pleaser!

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Dairy

Time 50m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
2-1/2 cups peeled and sliced apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
1 egg

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cut the butter into the dry cake mix until it is crumbly.
  • Press the mixture into a greased 9x13 baking pan in order to form the crust.
  • Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
  • Place apple slices on the warm crust.
  • Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the apples.
  • Whisk together the sour cream and eggs and drizzle over the apples.
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until the edges look light brown.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g

EASY APPLE KUCHEN



Easy Apple Kuchen image

One of my mother's favorite recipes. Great with your morning coffee or a cold glass of milk.

Provided by pwsweet

Categories     Desserts     Pies     Apple Pie Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 13

½ cup milk
¼ cup shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup white sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
5 apples - peeled, cored, and sliced, or more to taste
1 cup white sugar
¼ cup butter, melted
¼ cup all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Beat milk, shortening, egg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth. Stir 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt into milk mixture until dough comes together. Spread dough out into the bottom of a rimmed baking sheet.
  • Spread apples over the dough on the baking sheet.
  • Stir 1 cup sugar, melted butter, 1/4 cup flour, and cinnamon together in a bowl until topping is combined. Sprinkle topping over apples.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until apples are tender and topping is golden, about 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 223.4 calories, Carbohydrate 38.7 g, Cholesterol 21.2 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 205.7 mg, Sugar 25.3 g

GRANDMA'S APPLE KUCHEN



Grandma's Apple Kuchen image

My grandma worked as an accountant full time and baked every Saturday for the week. This is one of many Kuchens she baked every week. Apple was always a favorite.

Provided by Marsha Gardner

Categories     Sweet Breads

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 11

1/4 c honey
1 pkg active dry yeast
1/2 c water, warm
4 c all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 large eggs
6 Tbsp canola oil
2 large gala apples, not peeled, cored and chunked
1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/4 c sugar
honey to drizzle

Steps:

  • 1. In a stand mixer, mix the warm water, honey, and yeast until the honey is dissolved. Let the mixture sit for 10-15 minutes until slightly frothy.
  • 2. Mix in flour, eggs, salt, and canola oil until just combined. Switch to a dough hook attachment and knead until the dough comes together. Ball up the dough on the bottom of the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let sit for 2 hours. Dough will rise to double in size and get a little poofy.
  • 3. Place a 9-inch spring-form pan on a cookie sheet and coat with cooking spray. Mix cut up apples with cinnamon and sugar (I used more cinnamon than the original recipe because I love it).
  • 4. Transfer dough to a greased surface and flatten in a rectangle (about 8x10 inches). Place half the apples down the center of the dough (long-ways) and fold over half the dough. Then, place the other half of the apples on the folded part and fold over the other side. With a knife or pizza cutter (I thought the pizza cutter was easier) slice the dough down the middle long-ways and then slice about 8 times on the sides. The apples will fall out, don't worry about it.
  • 5. Place the dough pieces on the bottom of the spring-form pan so that they are all smashed together. Place any of the fallen apples on the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.
  • 6. Preheat oven to 325-degrees. Brush the top of the bread with an egg wash (1 egg and a tbsp of water) and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 55-60 minutes. Mine took 60. Serve warm and drizzeled with honey if you want!

GRANDMA GELDNER'S APFEL KUCHEN (APPLE KUCHEN)



Grandma Geldner's Apfel Kuchen (Apple Kuchen) image

This comes from a rich German heritage. Grandma always made the best "apfel" kuchen. Her recipes were always simple, but tasted great!

Provided by WI Cheesehead

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

4 -5 cups baking apples, Granny Smith (or other)
1 1/4 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons white flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Mix 1 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, 2 tsp sugar, and salt and sift once.
  • Cut 1/2 cup butter into dry mix with a pastry blender to pea size.
  • In a small bowl, beat egg with 2 T milk and add to dry mix.
  • Mix thoroughly and pat dough into a greased or oiled 9x13-inch baking dish.
  • Pare and core apples.
  • Cut into thin wedge slices and place on dough in rows until covered. We would cover the thin end of one apple with the thick end of the other.
  • Dot apples with 2 T butter and mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 Tbs flour and cinnamon together.
  • Spread dry topping over dotted apples, and bake in oven for 30-45 minutes, until golden brown.

APPLE KUCHEN



Apple Kuchen image

These bars should be made by patient bakers with a bit of time - they look best when the apples are lined up in neat columns. This is not to say that it makes any difference in the way they taste.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 35m

Yield 20 to 25 pieces

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold and cut into pieces
1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, at room temperature
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, if desired, cored, and thinly sliced

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
  • To make the crust: Place the flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl or food processor fitted with a steel blade and mix to combine. Add the vanilla and butter, a little at a time, and mix until it resembles cornmeal. Press into the prepared baking pan and transfer to the oven. Bake until slightly golden but not brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • Lower the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
  • To make the filling: Place the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle and beat until creamy. Add the egg, mix to combine, an pour over the cooled crust.
  • Place the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and mix to combine.
  • Place the apples on top of the filling in two or three columns. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar and transfer to the oven. Bake until firm and a rich brown, about 20 minutes. Cut into 20 to 24 pieces.

GRANDMA GELDNER'S APFEL KUCHEN APPLE KUCHEN RECIPE



GRANDMA GELDNER'S APFEL KUCHEN APPLE KUCHEN Recipe image

Provided by BobLongo

Number Of Ingredients 13

4 -5 cups baking apples, Granny Smith (or other)
1 1⁄4 cups white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons sugar
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
TOPPING
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3⁄4 cup sugar
1 1⁄2 tablespoons white flour
1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

Steps:

  • READY IN: 55mins SERVES: 8-10 Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix 1 1/4 cup flour, baking powder, 2 tsp sugar, and salt and sift once. Cut 1/2 cup butter into dry mix with a pastry blender to pea size. In a small bowl, beat egg with 2 T milk and add to dry mix. Mix thoroughly and pat dough into a greased or oiled 9x13-inch baking dish. Pare and core apples. Cut into thin wedge slices and place on dough in rows until covered. We would cover the thin end of one apple with the thick end of the other. Dot apples with 2 T butter and mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 Tbs flour and cinnamon together. Spread dry topping over dotted apples, and bake in oven for 30-45 minutes, until golden brown.

APPLE KUCHEN (OLD-FASHIONED APPLE CAKE)



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Apples-on-top coffee cake. Easy, from-scratch home cookin' - and a childhood memory from my grandmother's recipe file. Make it with your kids & enjoy the aroma of cinnamon while it bakes!

Provided by Gammy3

Categories     Breads

Time 1h

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup soft shortening (Crisco, etc.)
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 -3 apples
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Lightly grease and flour a cake pan: 7"x11" (you can substitute an 8" or 9" square cake pan if needed).
  • Pare and core the apples and slice them thinly (about 1/4" to 1/2" thick). Mix the cinnamon and sugar and set aside.
  • For the cake batter:.
  • Cream the 3/4 cup of sugar, the shortening, and egg together until fluffy. Gradually add the milk.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, and baking soda together and stir into the first mixture.
  • Spread the batter in the prepared cake pan.
  • Arrange the apples on top of the batter in rows, overlapping slightly. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the apples.
  • Bake @ 375 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 270.4, Fat 7.9, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 25.4, Sodium 186.9, Carbohydrate 47.4, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 26.7, Protein 3.8

OMA'S APFELKUCHEN



Oma's Apfelkuchen image

or Sunken Apple cake. This is based on a recipe my grandmother used. The apples are placed on top of the dough, which raises as baked, making the apples appear as if they have sunk into the cake.

Provided by kim in the UK

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 1 cake, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

2/3 cup soft butter or 2/3 cup margarine, plus some for the form
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
2 -3 drops almond extract (optional)
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup ground almonds (optional)
8 apples (approx.)
1 lemon, juice of (optional)
1/3 cup currants (optional)
1/4 cup slivered almonds (optional)
1 teaspoon icing sugar, for dusting

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Beat the butter or margarine with a wooden spoon or mixer until creamy. Slowly add the sugar, together with the vanilla sugar, salt and almond extract, alternating with the eggs. Mix the dough until it is very foamy and the sugar has been thoroughly dissolved. Sift in the flour with the baking powder, add the ground almonds, and mix everything together quickly.
  • Carefully coat a springform with butter or margarine. Pour the batter in and smooth down the surface. Peel the apples, cut in half lengthwise, and remove the cores. Cut into the outer surface a few times with a knife, but don't cut all the way through. Brush apples with the lemon juice. Place the apples close together onto the batter, core side down. Soak the currants for a short time in hot water, wash thoroughly and rub dry in a cloth. Sprinkle the currants, together with the slivered almonds over the apples. Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 75-80 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool before dusting with icing sugar.
  • Serve with whipped cream.
  • Note: I always leave out the optional items as I find they don't they add much to the flavour of the cake.

GRANDMA SCHULTZ' APPLE KUCHEN



Grandma Schultz' Apple Kuchen image

I have been really sick for two days, cant cook or bake or even stay out of bed for very long : ( So I decided to go thru my box of recipes. Its a big shoe box filled with amazing recipes from every family member from both sides of my family and also many friends. This is one of the recipes I have found in the box. When Grandma...

Provided by Deneece Gursky

Categories     Other Desserts

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 1/4 c flour
1/2 t salt
1 t baking powder
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c butter, sliced in small squares right from the frig
the yolks of 2 eggs
2 1/2 t milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
4-5 macintosh apples, peeled, and sliced
TOPPING OR STREUSEL
3 t flour
3/4 c sugar
3/4 t cinnamon
2 to 3 tablespoons butter, cut up

Steps:

  • 1. With clean hands mix together flour, salt, baking powder, sugar and butter in a large bowl
  • 2. In a seperate smaller bowl beat egg yolks and add vanilla and milk and mix well
  • 3. Add the wet mix to the dry mix and stir just till blended together
  • 4. Spray a glass baking pan with non stick spray and then press dough into bottom of this. (the larger the pan the thinner the crust)
  • 5. Place apple slices on the dough in the pan. Scatter them about so that you get apples in every bite.
  • 6. Mix together the topping ingredients in yet another bowl and combine with your hands until crumbly
  • 7. Sprinkle this over the apples and the crust in the baking pan.
  • 8. Bake in preheated oven (325 degrees) for 40 to 50 minutes or until done.
  • 9. Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream and enjoy!

GRANDMA'S APPLE KUCHEN



Grandma's Apple Kuchen image

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 units part
1 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
0.5 sticks oleo
0.333333333333 cups milk
3 units apples
1 units two
1 cups sugar
0.333333333333 cups oleo
0.5 teaspoons cinnamon

Steps:

  • PART ONE:
  • 1) Mix flour, baking powder, and oleo. Then add milk. Mix.
  • 2) Press dough in a 7"x12" coffee cake pan, either glass or metal pan will work. Press dough on the bottom as well as the sides of the pan.
  • 3) Line the dough with baking apples, peeled and cut in quarters.
  • PART TWO:
  • 1) Mix sugar, oleo, and cinnamon.
  • 2) Sprinkle mixture over apples.
  • 3) Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g

GRANDMA SCHMIDT'S APPLE KUCHEN RECIPE



Grandma Schmidt's Apple Kuchen Recipe image

Provided by Jenny_439

Number Of Ingredients 15

Kuchen:
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
2 egg yolks
2 tsp milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
4 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
Streusel:
3/4 cup sugar
2 tb flour
1/4-1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tb butter cut into small pieces

Steps:

  • preheat oven to 325. in mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and butter. Blend with a pastry blender or your hands. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolks. Add the vanilla and milk. Add the egg mixture to the crumbled dry ingredients, stir gently with a spoon until just blended. Press the dough on the bottom and up the sides of an 8x12x2 greased glass baking dish. Arrange the applice slices in 3 lengthwise rows on top of the crust. In a separate bowl, combine the streusel ingredients and blend with a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture resembles peas. Sprinkle over the apple slices. Bake for 35-40 mins until the crust is golden brown and the apples look glazed.

Tips:

  • Use a blend of sweet and tart apples for a balanced flavor.
  • Peel and slice the apples thinly for a tender texture.
  • Add a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar to the apples for a classic apple pie filling.
  • Use a store-bought pie crust or make your own using a simple recipe.
  • Brush the crust with melted butter or milk before baking for a golden brown finish.
  • Bake the kuchen until the crust is golden brown and the apples are tender.
  • Serve the kuchen warm or at room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Conclusion:

Grandma's apple kuchen is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its simple ingredients and classic flavors, this kuchen is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. Whether you are a seasoned baker or a beginner in the kitchen, this recipe is a great way to enjoy the taste of homemade apple pie. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and get ready to create a kuchen that will become a family favorite.

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