Easy, Cheap and Quick Version Baked Apple Pies! Yum!

My daughter has been reading a story in her classroom about a little girl who wants to start her own bakery. Today in class, they got to do something fun, make some apple pies of their own! She really enjoyed it and wanted bake some with her friends when she got home. She began telling me everything we need to make it, and luckily I had everything to make it work.

So with that, we made our own quick and easy version of baked apple pies. Not to mention, can be very inexpensive with the use of sales and coupons! In fact you could probably make a few batches of these for just about $3 as a couponer!

Ingredients You Will Need: 

1 Can of Jumbo Biscuits (8ct)
1 Jar of Apple Sauce, Chunky (We only used 1/3 of the jar!)
Cinnamon- optional (or you can buy cinnamon flavored applesauce)
Bottle of Spray Butter
Granulated Sugar or Powdered Sugar (Whichever you prefer)

AND.....


Some Eager Bakers!
 (my daughter and her friends)

 DIRECTIONS:

Step 1: Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Open Canned Biscuits and Flatten out as much as possible.

Step 3: Put a tablespoon size of apple sauce in the middle of flattened dough (make sure not to overfill), sprinkle with some cinnamon and then close it by folding it over in half.

Step4: Use a fork to "seal" the edges of the folded closed pie, it also adds the decoration factor of each pie!

Step 5: Spray a pan, or casserole dish with butter, or oil and then lay each pie out with a little room between each.

Step 6: Put in 350 degree oven for 18 minutes. When they are done, take them out and spray a couple of squirts of butter on top of each pie and then sprinkle the sugar on them.

Step 7: Enjoy!

This was a lot of fun and very easy and inexpensive to do! You really only need to watch for biscuits and apple sauce to go on sale. The other stuff you probably already have on hand!

I do think these would be more enjoyable in the cooler months. The recipe is pretty easy to adjust to something that anyone can like. I actually think next time I will use the Honey Butter version of the Grands Biscuits. I think that would make them even better!

I hope you enjoyed this Idea and thanks for reading!

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Helpful Tip of the Day 5/15/10, Frugal Breakfast and Snacks!

Since I began couponing, I have really learned to stretch my grocery budget. But I am still looking for ways to stretch it more! I do my grocery shopping once every two weeks, and just pick up any really good deals in between. During this 2 weeks I decided I wanted to do something a little different to stretch my grocery budget.

I made a batch of Breakfast Burritos and froze the servings individually. These are great for a quick breakfast on the go, very easy to eat with little mess. By making my own instead of buying the manufactured products at the store, I saved lots of money and they are healthier than what's at the supermarket. Here is what I bought and how I made them

2 Packs Flour tortillas  (whatever is the best price) Mine were $1.24 each and gave me 20 in a pack!
*if you are good in the kitchen you can  make your own!

2 Dozen Eggs, I found mine at Cooke's for $0.89/dozen

1 Pack Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon-Got at Walmart for $1.03 with coupon.
(Use can also use sausage if you prefer)

1 16oz pack shred cheese- got for $0.49 at a past Kroger sale!

1 Large onion chopped $0.69

How I Made them:

~I cooked my Turkey Bacon in the Microwave because it is faster and the bacon is crispier and crumbles better. I laid 6 strips at a time and cooked 2 minutes then flipped and cooked an additional minute for each batch.

~Spray some Pam cooking spray in a Large Frying Pan and cook all the chopped Onion until tender

~Crack all the eggs into a large bowl and whisk, then add eggs to the Onions in Pan
(you may have to cook half of the eggs at a time if you have smaller Pan)
Scramble the eggs until fully cooked.

~Lay Burritos on a microwave safe plate and heat for 30 seconds (I did 10 burritos at a time)

~Put a couple spoonfuls of eggs in a burrito, crumble half a strip of bacon on the eggs, sprinkle some shredded cheese, then fold one end of the burrito a third of the way up, then Roll to form the burrito.

I put two finished burritos to a ziploc bag, then froze. I was able to make a total of 40 Burritos out of these ingredients for a total cost of $6.47 or, only $0.16 per burrito! I estimate them to have about 180 calories per burrito

When you are ready to eat just take them out of the baggies and heat 2 at a time for about a minute and a half!  I like to put some hot sauce on mine when they are done, or you could also dip in salsa!


Easy Snack Plan

The next thing I did to stretch the budget was pre-make some snacks! I chose Peanut Butter Crackers.

These Peanut Butter crackers are an easy enough Idea to think up, I just never really thought to do it before in "bulk" I guess you could say. This snack is great because they are already divided up in an appropriate portion, you can grab them when you are leaving. They are great for the kids when you got to make a run to the store and don't want to hear them asking for everything because they are hungry now! I put these in my husbands lunch for work, and since I have them made before hand it makes putting his lunch together easier!

I just purchased a Store Brand box of Saltine Crackers for $0.79 and the Peanut butter was on sale at Publix last week for $0.74 after a coupon! I put 5 Cracker sandwiches per bag and was able to get 15 bags of snacks for only  $1.53, or about $0.10 a bag! I actually still had quite a bit of Peanut butter left too!


Do you guys have any easy things that you pre-make to grab and go! I am always looking for easy and super cheap ideas! Let me know!

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What's For Dinner 3/3/10

It's been a while since I have posted a dinner post.
My husband reminded me that I should.
Tonight I made:

Hormel Beef Roast Au Jus Refrigerated Entree

I got on sale one week for $2.50

Green Giant Brocoli and Cheese Rice

 

 I got on sale one week for FREE!

Idahoan Baby Reds Mashed Potatoes

 I got on sale one week for FREE!

Publix Frozen Whole Green Beans

Store Brand for $1.69

Coles Garlic Bread

 I got on sale last week for $0.15!

It made enough to serve 4 and some items could
have served more. Plenty to eat!
My total for this whole meal was $4.34!
That is $1.08/serving!

The End Result (Hubby's Massive Plate of food!)

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What's for Dinner 10-21-09

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Tonight for dinner I made

*Oven Fried Chicken - package of 6 on sale & w/coupon for $2.93
*Progresso Bread crumbs - On sale & w/coupons $0.40 a can used 1/3 so $0.13
*Idahoan Loaded baked instant potatoes - on sale & w/coupons $0.25
*Kraft Deluxe Mac and Cheese - On sale & w/coupons $0.50
*Pictsweet Frozen whole green beans - On sale 1.50 (used Half the bag) so $0.75
*Pillsbury Grands Biscuits - on sale & w/coupons $0.25

Total cost of Dinner $4.81 it made enough for 6 servings so $0.80 a serving!

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What's for dinner 10-18-09

Not the best of pictures, but I am struggling to remember to buy batteries for my good camera.

Tonight for dinner I made:

Tyson's Honey battered chicken tenders On sale and with coupon for $2.99/bag.
I used half the bag so about $1.50
Frozen bag breaded fried okra (half the bag) at $0.75
Betty Crocker boxed roasted garlic mashed potatoes on sale and coupons for $0.05 a box!
1 Can of baby sliced carrots $0.50

Divided into 3 servings for a total of $2.80 or $0.93/serving.

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What's for Dinner 10-17-09

I think I will try something new on my Blog. I will frequently update various nights that I cook and see how cheap we were able to eat for dinner with all these great deals I have found recently!

So tonight I made:

Hormel Italian Style Pot Roast on Sale $3.50 Minus $2.00 Coupon= $1.50
Frozen Bag Whole Green Beans (Half the Bag) = $0.75
Betty Crocker Sour Cream/Chives potatoes on Sale $0.85 Minus $0.80 coupon = $.05
Pillsbury Crescents on sale $1.00 Minus $1.00 coupon= Free

So this meal cost us $2.30 or .77 each serving!

I'm always looking for some new recipes for cheap yummy dinners so leave me a comment if you have some to share!



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