As the days grow shorter and the trees burst with color, fall brings us the crisp, sweet flavor of apples — a perfect ingredient for comforting, seasonal recipes. This apple season, SweetGrass Trading Company invites you to celebrate with unique pairings of fresh apples and our carefully sourced Indigenous brands.
Whether it’s breakfast, dessert, or a cozy snack by the fire, these recipes celebrate both the beauty of apple season and the diversity of Native ingredients that bring tradition and flavor to the table.
1. Apple Honey Drizzle Frybread
Ingredients: Woodenknife Frybread or Val’s Frybread, diced apples, Ioway Bee Farm honey, cinnamon.
Instructions: Prepare frybread as directed, then top it with diced, lightly sautéed apples. Drizzle warm honey over the apples and sprinkle with cinnamon for a warm, autumnal treat.
2. Apple Pancakes with Elderberry Balsamic Glaze
Ingredients: Red Lake Nation pancake mix, grated apples, Séka Hills elderberry balsamic vinegar, a bit of Passamaquoddy maple syrup.
Instructions: Add grated apples to the pancake batter and cook as usual. While pancakes cook, simmer elderberry balsamic vinegar with a splash of maple syrup until thickened. Drizzle over pancakes for a sweet, fruity, slightly tangy finish.
3. Creamed Honey and Apple Compote with Herbal Tea Syrup
Ingredients: Ioway Bee Farm creamed honey, sliced apples, Tribal Tea Co. herbal loose leaf tea in your favorite flavor, water, sugar.
Instructions: Simmer sliced apples in water with the loose leaf tea and a bit of sugar to make a concentrated syrup. Stir in creamed honey until smooth. Serve the compote as a topping for yogurt, oatmeal, or pancakes.