5 apple scratch Recipes

apples, crisco shortening, divided, salted butter, salt, sugar, divided, egg white, cinnamon, allspice, water, all-purpose flour, divided, lemon

spinach, steamed & drained (roughly 6 cups of fresh spinach, stems removed and packed into measuring cups), semisweet baking chocolate, broken into pieces, unsalted butter , cut into pieces, brown sugar , packed, cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour), flour (whole wheat or all-purpose), baking powder, salt, semisweet mini chocolate chips (mini preferred ), apple juice (more as needed) or 2 tbsp carrot juice (more as needed) or 2 tbsp grape juice (more as needed)

cucumbers, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2-inch rings, pickling lime, water, vinegar, alum, water, vinegar, sugar, divided, red-hot candies, cinnamon sticks