Best 9 Grandma Schultz Apple Kuchen Recipes

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Are you searching for a delectable treat that combines the flavors of apples, cinnamon, and a buttery crust? Look no further than Grandma Schultz's Apple Kuchen. This classic German dessert is a beloved staple in many households, and with its simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, it's sure to become a favorite in yours as well. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting out, this step-by-step guide will help you create a mouthwatering apple kuchen that will impress your family and friends. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a culinary journey to recreate Grandma Schultz's cherished apple kuchen recipe.

Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!

OMA'S APFELKUCHEN (GRANDMA'S APPLE CAKE)



Oma's Apfelkuchen (Grandma's Apple Cake) image

My husband's German family calls this Oma's apfelkuchen, which translates to "Grandma's apple cake." They've been sharing the recipe for more than 150 years. I use Granny Smith apples, but any variety works. -Amy Kirchen, Loveland, Ohio

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 10 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 11

5 large egg yolks
2 medium tart apples, peeled, cored and halved
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup 2% milk
Confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Let egg yolks stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Starting 1/2 in. from 1 end, cut apple halves lengthwise into 1/4-in. slices, leaving them attached at the top so they fan out slightly. Set aside., Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. In another bowl, sift flour, cornstarch, cream of tartar, baking powder and salt twice. Gradually beat into creamed mixture. Add milk; mix well (batter will be thick)., Spread batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan wrapped in a sheet of heavy-duty foil. Gently press apples, round side up, into batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, 45-55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Loosen sides from pan with a knife; remove foil. Cool 1 hour longer. Remove rim from pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 calories, Fat 23g fat (14g saturated fat), Cholesterol 148mg cholesterol, Sodium 177mg sodium, Carbohydrate 50g carbohydrate (28g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.

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.

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

APPLE KUCHEN



Apple Kuchen image

This simple-to-fix recipe came out of an old Swedish cookbook that my mom always held together with a large rubber band. The recipe is my favorite!

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 55m

Yield 10-12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 14

6 large tart apples, peeled and sliced
1 cup sugar, divided
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
VANILLA SAUCE:
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups cold water
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Arrange apples in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon; set aside 1 tablespoon. Sprinkle remaining cinnamon-sugar over apples. , In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and remaining sugar; beat in the milk and butter until blended. Drop by tablespoonfuls over apples; sprinkle with reserved cinnamon-sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt and water until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat; add butter and vanilla. Serve with warm kuchen.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 9mg cholesterol, Sodium 166mg sodium, Carbohydrate 55g carbohydrate (42g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 2g protein.

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.

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

APPLE KUCHEN (OLD-FASHIONED APPLE CAKE)



Apple Kuchen (Old-Fashioned Apple Cake) image

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

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 combination of sweet and tart apples, such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn, for the best flavor.
  • Peel and slice the apples thinly and evenly so that they cook evenly.
  • Don't overmix the batter, or the kuchen will be tough.
  • Bake the kuchen until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Serve the kuchen warm or at room temperature, with whipped cream or ice cream.

Conclusion:

Grandma Schultz's Apple Kuchen is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its simple ingredients and classic flavor, this kuchen is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a special treat, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!

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