Here is a great apple recipe that was made at least once every fall in my house growing up. Usually it was made whenever we had company over as it looked elegant and was delicious with a side of à la mode! 
The wonderful secret about this dessert was that it had all the goodness of apple pie: apples and cinnamon combined with the ease of a using a yellow cake mix for the crust! Plus it could feed a couple of families as it makes a 9″ x 13″ pan. 
So when I had to take a dessert to an after-church fellowship Sunday night, this was what I immediately thought of since we had just brought home 50 pounds of apples from our apple orchard field trip. I was even able to snag a piece at the fellowship so that I could bring it home for pictures. Of course, I got the added pleasure of eating it with ice cream as well after I took pictures!
I never used to like cooked apple, but I liked this dessert. So if you love apple pie, you’ll like this dessert. And if you don’t like all the apples in a piece of pie, but you do like the cinnamony apple flavor, try this dessert out!
Here’s how you make the dessert:
Cut the margarine into the cake mix and add the coconut to that mixture. Press it into the 9″ x 13″ pan. Don’t pack the mixture too hard, or it will be hard to cut later (and hard to bite!), but do pat it down, allowing the edges to be a little higher.
Bake it for 10 minutes at 350°. While it is baking, prepare the apple mixture and the sour cream mixture.
After it bakes for 10 minutes, remove it from the oven. Spread the apple mixture on the crust, and then drizzle the sour cream mixture over the apple mixture. 
Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting.
Apple Kuchen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened margarine
- yellow cake mix any normal sized cake mix
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut
- 2 1/2 c. peeled and sliced apples
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
Instructions
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Cut 1/2 cup softened margarine into 1 yellow cake mix until crumbly.
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Mix in 1/2 cup flaked coconut.
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Pat mixture into an ungreased cake pan, building up the edges.
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Bake for 10 minutes at 350°.
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Arrange 2 1/2 c. peeled and sliced apples over the warm crust.
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Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle the mixture on the apples. (Often, I will combine the cinnamon sugar mixture with the apples and then put the apples on the crust.)
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Blend 1 cup sour cream and 1 egg. Drizzle over the apples.
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Bake 25 minutes at 350° or until edges are light brown.
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Remove from oven and cool before cutting into squares.
Let me know how he likes it!
My mouth is watering, Tammy! I love the semi-homemade idea using the cake mix. Thank you for sharing, and I can’t wait to try this.
Thanks, Paula–you’re so encouraging!
Wow! Thank you so much. You amaze me!
This looks so delicious and easy – that’s my kind of recipe!
Me too! I’m not gourmet by any stretch of the imagination!
This looks so delicious. I will be making this for the family very soon! Pinning. 🙂
Thanks for the pin! I really haven’t met anyone yet who doesn’t like it–it’s a rather safe dessert (for older kids and adults–my kids still go for cookies.)
Oh, This looks so delicious! My mother-in-law just made something like this for my birthday!
Thanks! That was so nice of your mother-in-law! My mother-in-law cannot bake, but she can cook, and she will sometimes bring me food.
I can’t imagine how it tastes. I just got a key about flour composition for glutten free. I just need to change the type of flour with 70% rice flour, 15% corn flour, and 15% other flour. I think kids can try one too with the new composition. Thanks for sharing.
I have a friend who is gluten free and it can be hard! I hope you can figure out the composition that works so it will be easy for you to make some more recipes.
This sounds absolutely amazing!!!
Thanks–we really like it!
This looks SO good! Perfect for this time of year. We just were at a farm today and brought home some apples, so I know what I’m going to try! 🙂 Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” I hope you will be able to join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2013/10/try-new-recipe-tuesday-october-15.html
This looks Delicious! Thanks for linking up!
You’re welcome! Thanks for the link-up–I’ve already had several views!