Sweet Apple Tenderloin

Oh my, this is delicious!

Sweet Apple Tenderloin Ready to Serve!

The tenderloin comes out of the slow cooker just beautiful.  I had to nibble some immediately.

Top of Tenderloin

Bottom of Tenderloin, Nice and Browned

Straining out all the solids leaves you with a wonderfully clear dipping sauce.

Bowl of Clear Sweet Apple Dipping Sauce

Return Some Dipping Sauce Back to Shredded Tenderloin

Sweet Apple Tenderloin

1 Pork Tenderloin, trimmed of all visible fat

2 Tablespoons crushed dehydrated apples

1/2 cup hot water

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon mustard powder

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Place tenderloin in slow cooker.

In small bowl pour hot water over apple bits.  

Stir in remaining ingredients.  Pour mixture over tenderloin.

Cover and cook on low 8 hours.

Remove tenderloin from slow cooker.

Strain remaining liquid through sieve to remove solids.  Save liquid, discard solids.  

Wipe out slow cooker with paper towel.

Return meat to slow cooker and shred.  

Add a little (or a lot) of strained dipping sauce back to shredded meat to moisten and add flavor.

Set slow cooker to keep warm setting until ready to serve.  

Try, if you can, to not nibble shreds of it before dinner.

Serve alone or on buns with additional sweet apple dipping sauce or favorite barbecue sauce.

Enjoy.  YUM!

Normally I would smother my pulled pork with barbecue sauce, not this.  The flavor and texture was so good I did not want anything covering it up.  I ate it plain, and had a second helping.

Just writing this makes me want to go run to the refrigerator and devour all the leftovers.

This post is part of the following blog hops:
Think Tank Thursday    The Weekend ReTreat     Backyard Farming Connection 

Apple Bread

Like many of you I have dehydrated fruits and vegetables in my food storage.  One of my favorites is dehydrated apples... well really, any dehydrated fruit.  Pineapple tops the favorite list followed by a close second of apples.  We eat them by the handfuls still in their dehydrated state.  Bite after bite, crispy little crunch after crispy little crunch. 
They are that good.

I made two loaves of this wonderful Apple Bread today.  Half a loaf was devoured within minutes of removing from the oven.

Apple Bread

Ingredients: 
     1 cup dehydrated apple slices, crushed
     1 cup warm water
     2 cups flour 
     1 Tablespoon baking powder 
     1 teaspoon salt 
     1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon 
     1/4 cup powdered milk
     1/2 cup sugar
     1/4 cup brown sugar 
     1 egg 
     3/4 cup apple water (from rehydrating apple)
     1/4 cup oil  
     1 teaspoon vanilla

Soak apple bits in 1 cup warm water until soft.

Mix flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and milk in a separate bowl.  

Drain apples well, reserving apple water.  Measure reserved apple water to 3/4 cup, adding additional water if necessary.  
Add sugars, oil, egg, and vanilla to apple water and mix well.  

Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir just to mix.  
Do not over mix. 

Coat 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 bread pan with non-stick baking spray.  Pour batter into pan. 
Sprinkle top with additional cinnamon.
Bake 35 minutes at 375 degrees.
(Baking time may need to be adjusted.  Saltbush Flats is at 6200 feet elevation.)
Cool in pan 10 minutes.  Remove from pan to cool completely on wire rack.

This recipe makes excellent Apple Muffins, also.
Prepare batter as directed.
Coat 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick spray.
Fill each cup 3/4 full.  
Bake 15-18 minutes at 400 degrees.  
Remove from pan to cool on wire rack.  


This post is part of the following blog hops:
The Weedend ReTreat    From the Farm blog hop    Homestead Barn Hop