Sunrise Orchard's Recipes

Not only delicious to eat, apples are a key ingredient to a number of dishes that can be prepared for parties, family dinners, grill outs, and other occasions. Our recipes for soups such as Apple, Potato, and Cheddar soup will warm you up during those frigid winter days. Baked Stuff Apples, Apple Sunshine Dessert, or Sunshine Apple Pie Filling make great desserts for holidays, birthdays, or any day. Apple cinnamon yogurt muffins are an excellent way to start the day. Any time of the day, apples are a beneficial source for nutritional requirements.

Featured Recipes

Choose one of our delicious recipes below to view. Check back frequently for more of our featured recipes as these are updated monthly during our off-season (January through July) and then weekly August through December.

Printable version of the recipe below.

Squash, Cider and Apple Soup

2 T. butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cups peeled and diced butternut squash
2 large Sunrise apples, peeled cored and chopped
3 c. low sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1/4 t. salt
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 c. Sunrise apple cider
2 T. brown sugar
1/4 t. gound cinnamon
1/8 t. ground cloves

Squash, Cider and Apple Soup

Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, cover and cook 10 minutes. Add squash, apples, broth, salt and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer; covered until squash and apples are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. While soup simmers, pour cider into a medium skillet. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced to 4 or 5 tablespoons. Remove from heat. Remove the bay leaf from the soup. Spoon the solids into a porcessor. Process until smooth. Stir back into broth. Add reduced cider. Reheat soup, stirring in brown sugar and spices. Serves 6