Hmmmm...I have been thinking about Apple Pie. It is the only pie I really know how to make. Well, I can make a pumpkin pie with rice milk. Ick. My father taught me how to make apple pies. Using the old Betty Crocker cookbook. there were a few rules he told me I MUST abide by to have the perfect pie. The #1 rule is : Only use Granny Smith apples. They stay firm and are a little tart. #2...Do not use store bought crusts. That is really the most tempting part, buying those blasted crusts. But he is right, the store bought ones have a taste to them that will ruin your whole pie. SO this Saturday I am suppose to bake pumpikin pies made with rice milk for Ashley, so I just might have to bake an apple pie for myself!
Grandpa's Apple Pie
Grandpa Mallon says "Only use Granny Smiths!"
Ingredients
Pastry for 9" 2 crust pie
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
dash of salt
6 Granny Smith apples, peeled, pared, and sliced
Instructions
Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Mix in apples. Let sit while you prepare your pastry. This is important because the juice from the apples will dissolve your sugar.
Turn into a pastry lined pan, then dot with butter. Top with crust, seal and flute. Add slits, sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges of crust with foil and bake 45 minutes. (Remove foil last 10 minutes to brown edges).
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3 comments:
I can't help but giggle at this post...because I can just picture your Dad giving you the recipe....thanks for sharing it...I'll have to give it a try...someone in our house would totally be in heaven if he actually got a pie! (But, don't tell your Dad...I like to use sweet apples : D) As for the crust thing...isn't homemade a lot of work...ha, ha...okay, okay, you are encouraging me to step it up, so maybe I will! Hope you did make yourself that pie...and I hope you ate it all...wait...better yet, I hope you took a piece to Dan : D Love you....Sweet blessings!
Yes, step up and get that flour out and roll that crust! I suppose perhaps I could "land" Dan if I made him a pie. He did ask me once if I can cook well...and I just gave him a face. Don't want him thinking I would be cooking for him all the time. Heck, he ca afford a maid, why not a cook too??
I say BAKE him that pie! Every guy deserves a pie once in awhile : D (even your brother..ha, ha...) Maybe his maid can't cook at all....won't he be soooo impressed with your cooking :D Definitely worth treating him to a nice home cooked meal one day!!! Now back to the thought of baking that pie : D Sweet blessings!
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