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Washington’s Wonderful Apples
Tis the apple season, Brier is full of apple trees ripe and ready for the pickin. Apples are delicious, nutritious and fun to cook with. Check out this website for more info on Washington’s Wonderful Apples. http://www.bestapples.com/
MOM’S APPLE PIE (double crust apple pie)
Crust: 2 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp salt, 2/3 cup shortening, 5-7 tablespoons COLD water. Mix shortening, salt, flour with a fork until crumbly. Add 5 tablespoons water and mix well, adding more water if too dry. Chill in fridge.
Apple Filling: 6-8 tart apples (Macintosh, Granny Smith). Pare, core and thinly slice, 3/4 – 1 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons all purpose flour; 1/2 – - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine).
Slice apples, combine sugar, flour, cinnamon in a bowl. Add apple slices and mix well. Take 1/2 of the pastry and roll flat with rolling pin. Line a 9″ or 10″ pie plate with the pastry. Fill with apple mixture. Dot with butter. Take the remaining pastry dough and roll flat. Place dough on top of apple pie mix. Crimp along edges creating a scalloped edging. Take a knife and cut slits into top pastry for steam to escape. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 50 minutes or until crust is brown.
I made 14 jars of Apple Butter with the apples I picked. We are trying to cut down on sugar in our household, so I made it with a fraction of the sugar called for in the Fanny Farmer receipe.
Submitted by your friendly, multitasking local real estate agent, Pam Dorgan Yes I can list your house before I pick the ripe blueberries in my garden.
