Apple Almond Muffins

I usually double this recipe and make approximately 16 muffins.

1/2 cup margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp backing soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup crushed almonds
2 small apples, peeled and graded

1/2 cup raisins (optional)

For the topping:
1/8 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Cream margarine and sugar, add egg and mix. Add apples and vanilla mix together. Then add all the dry ingredients. In a small bowl mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon for the topping. Place batter into muffin tins and sprinkle with topping. Bake for 25 min at 350 F.

Apple Danish Bars

Pastry:
1 cup margarine
2 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 large egg
milk (to equal 3/4 cup when combined with egg yolk)

Filling:
2 tbsp cornstarch
4-5 apples
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Glaze:
3/4 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp milk

Directions: Pastry- Blend together margarine, flour and salt. Separate the egg yolk and the egg white, (putting the yolk in a measuring cup and the white in bowl setting it aside for later) pour milk into measuring cup with the egg yolk to equal 3/4 of a cup. Mix together and then add to flour mixture. Form dough into a ball and cut in half. Roll out on a very well floured surface one half of dough 1/2cm thick and place on a large cookie sheet. Then evenly sprinkle the cornstarch over it. Roll out the other half of the dough and set aside until the filling has been put on the bottom half.
Filling- Peel, core apples and slice apples and then arrange them evenly onto the bottom layer of the pastry. In a small bowl mix together the white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and then evenly sprinkle over the apples.
Place the top layer of pastry over and fold and press together the edges.
With a electric mixer whip the egg white until it is thick and peaks will form, then spread the thickened egg white over the top layer of pastry and bake in a 375 F oven for 35 minuets.
Glaze- Once the pastry has cooled mix together in a small bowl the icing sugar and milk, and then drizzle over top.

Polynesian Pork

A recipe for the Crockpot.
Serve over rice or on it's own which ever you want.

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup ketchup
14 oz can of crushed pineapple, with juice
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
3 lbs pork cut into cubes (or you could do ribs as well)

Measure the first 8 ingredients into a saucepan. Heat and stir until boiling and thickened.
Pour 1/3 of sauce into Crockpot. Next put in half the meat, then the second 1/3 of the sauce, then the rest to the meat and finally the last 1/3 of the sauce.
Cover and cook on low for 10 to 12 hours of high for 5 to 6 hours. Serves 6.