Do you want to learn how to make the fried apples recipe?
In times like this, we could all use a hearty bushcraft breakfast.
In the last recipe article, you learned how to make Ash Cake, now you’re going to learn how to make fried Appalachian apples.
Survival Food Recipe: Fried Apples

These make for the perfect breakfast, dessert, and they are great for a side dish. Fried apples have been an Appalachian food staple for a long time.
Ingredients:
- 6-8 Apples
- 2-3 Tablespoons of margarine or butter
- 2-3 Tablespoons of Water
- 1/2 – 3/4 Cups of Sugar
For supplies, all you need is a pan. Any pan will do you don’t need anything fancy. Simple recipes call for simple supplies.
Instructions
The steps are quick and easy.
- Heat up a pan over low heat.
- Add butter or margarine.
- Add apples. Cook until they are tender.
- Add the sugar on top of the apples and stir.
- Continue cooking until the apples are caramelized.
As I’m sure you would imagine, there are many different variations for this recipe.
You can try using different kinds of apples. You can try mixing other ingredients in. One of the popular options is to fry biscuits in with the apples.
So try some different apples. Try some tart granny smith apples or some mouth-watering sweet red apples.
Here’s a video tutorial of the recipe if watching it would help you.
Conclusion
You’ll be glad you took the time to learn this survival recipe; they don’t all have to be bland and boring.
I hope you enjoyed this post on how to make the fried apple recipe. You may also like the post on how to make fire cake.
It was one of the Revolutionary War recipes the soldiers used to survive.
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