Favourite apple puddings?

Don't tell the food police but last Wednesday I went to Sainsbury's with the promise of a lift back with my shopping.
My lift rang me to say she had been held up and would be late..
I went into the cafe and had a drink and the most delicious jam doughnut I have ever tasted. It cost 60p and I am still washing the sugar out of my black trousers

BlackBerry and Apple crumble

All this talk of Bramleys! I have been over to my tree and the apples are I think ready to use but nothing like as large as normal. I think it is lack of rain earlier in the year. There are masses of apples but tiddlers! I intend to do a cinnamon apple crumble tomorrow evening.
When he was young and DGS came for Sunday lunch he would get inside the front door and sniff - I was not so popular if no cinnamon smell was detected! I usually made two desserts so the others had a choice.
We have decided to do a big pruning on all the apple trees as lots of them have copious apples but mainly small ones -not lovely big ones as normal - but a number of the trees are now too big.

I also do baked apples stuffed with mincemeat in the winter - I then use large Granny Smiths as cannot get Bramleys in the shops here. The GS are good for portion size!

I make quite a nice apple bread pudding. The basic ingredients are always in the larder. Chop apples to add to the mix and make additional applesauce to replace some of the oil. Also use applesauce to reduce with Calvados for a topping.

shysal they look a bit like the apples baked in pastry that my mum used to make although I don't remember the syrup, just lovely custard, and she cut out a couple of leaves for the top of each (very artistic!).

I could really really eat one now.

I nearly tempted myself to make some Jalima but resisted! However I have removed the recipe from my file and put it in the kitchen. I see lots of fallen Bramleys when I walk in the mornings so will probably pick some up soon.

Post-pudding - Well, thank you Auntieflo, that was a lovely recommendation! More lemony than I expected and I think I would use 4oz of oats next time too for an extra bit of crunch. The cinnamon that I shussed in last-minute worked nicely though - and we still have a couple of portions left for today.

Thnaks all for the great suggestions - the nicest of dilemmas now is what to make with the leftover apples next time!

Imperfect, so glad that you enjoyed the pud. It's one of our favourites. Had lunch with friends today and had the offer of some blackberries that I can't resist.

Not a pudding, but I've just thought of another use for cooking apples.
When our children were young a friend told me that for diarrhea she gives her children grated cooking apple, left to go brown.
Sounds strange!

That's interesting Tricia. I read somewhere that apple is very gentle on the stomach and since then it has become a starting point for me if I have had tummy troubles. It does seem to help settle the system.

Tricia and Imperfect27 my Mum used to give us grated apple after an upset tummy. She was told by a friend of hers who had been a nurse (old school), that this was the best remedy.

My DC loved it and now my DGC do too - not even for upset tums either - just as a snack.