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According to the New York State Library:

The apple was adopted as the State fruit in 1976. Apples are sweet and crisp, and many varieties are grown in New York.

Apples were introduced in the 1600s by European settlers who brought seeds to New York. Dried apples were a staple for colonists and hard apple cider was a popular drink.

In addition to New York, the following states have also designated the apple, or a specific apple variety as their state fruit: Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia.

Ingredients for Baked Apples

• 4 medium apples
• raisins
• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions for making Baked Apples:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Remove the core from the apples, leaving 1⁄2 inch of the core at the bottom of the apple. Peel top 1/3 of apple.
3. Arrange apples in baking pan. Then fill the core of the apple with raisins, and sprinkle with cinnamon.
4. Pour water into pan.
5. Bake 45 to 60 minutes or until tender. Spoon liquid from pan over apples one or two times during baking.

Nutrition info for 1 serving:
Calories: 110 • Total Fat: 0 g • Saturated Fat: 0 g • Cholesterol: 0 mg
Carbohydrates: 27 g • Protein: 1 g • Sodium: 5 mg

provided by University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension

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The word muffin probably comes from the French word “moufflet,” which means soft bread, although the American muffin has a unique character all it”s own.  Both the state of Minnesota and the state of Virginia have adopted the Blueberry Muffin as their official State Muffins

Blueberry Muffins

Official State Muffin of Minnesota and Virginia

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup lowfat or skim milk
• 2 cup fresh cleaned blueberries

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spray muffin pan with Baking Pam, or grease pan.
3. Combine butter, eggs, salt, and sugar.
4. Mix flour with baking powder and sift into first mixture, add milk.
5. Blend in vanilla.  Fold in blueberries.
6. Pour into muffin pan and bake for 25 minutes. Shorten time by 5 minutes for dark muffin tins.

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