Posts Tagged ‘Apples’

Home Made Apple Pie

Ingredients

Pie Crust

8 oz (225g) plain Flour
4 oz(110g) Margarine
2 oz (55g) Lard
pinch of Salt
2 tablespoons cold and 3 tablespoons hot Water

or

1 pkg Store-bought pie crust

Pie Filling

1 lb (500g) cooking Apples, sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 oz salted butter
2 1/2 c sugar, and additional for sprinkling
1/4 c flour
2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
cinnamon
nutmeg

Pie Topping

1 oz (28g) Milk
cinnamon
sugar

Pie Crust

Rub all flour, margarine, lard, and salt ingredients together until fine breadcrumbs

Add 2 tablespoons water to make a soft but firm dough Roll pastry on floured surface to the size you want your pie, make two crusts Place one crust in pie pan

Everything Else

Do not precook apples, as this will deprive the pie of a substantial amount of flavor.

Peel and slice apples into 1/8th-1/4th inch thick segments
Add lemon juice to apple segments
Mix apples by hand into 1/2 cup sugar and a few dashes of cinnamon.
Transfer segments less aquired juices to pie pan. (This helps prevent the pie from boiling over in the oven)
Mix rest of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, and cornstarch in a separate bowl
Pour over apples in pie pan
Dot with butter
Cover with the other crust of the pie
Firm down edges with fork or finger
Cut heart or diamond-shaped vents into top crust
Brush the pastry top with milk and sprinkle additional sugar and cinnamon over the top
Bake at 350°F (177°C) until golden brown (about 60 minutes)
Serve warm with ice cream or custard

Notes and tips

Use a variety of apples to get a wider pallate of flavors and textures
Use 2-3 Granny Smith apples, in combination with the other apples.
Replace the lard with shortening for a vegatarian dessert

Recipe contributed by Tasha Slone

Apple Bundt Cake Recipe

This very easy to make apple bundt cake that requires no fancy frosting or filling and is delicious for serving at breakfast, tea time or even as a birthday cake with a chocolate or with a fruit glaze covering. Of course, an apple cake is always great with your favorite ice cream too. You can be sure that your family and friends will love this easy to make home made apple bundt cake.

Ingredients:

2 cups of sugar
Rind of 1 lemon
4 medium or large eggs
1 cup of vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups of flour
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3 large tart apples, grated
1/2 cup of raisins
Serves approximately 12 people (depending upon individual appetites)

Directions:

Mix the sugar and lemon rind quickly in the food processor. Add eggs and blend until it becomes a nice cream. Continue blending while slowly adding the oil. Blend until it is well mixed then add the vanilla.

In a separate bowl sift the dry ingredients all together (flour, allspice, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon). Mix the dry ingredients slowly into the batter blending until it becomes a nice thick cream.

Add grated apples and blend quickly into batter just to mix. Be sure not to overblend as this may shred the apples too much.

Add raisins and pulse the processor as to just mix them in and not shred them.

Bake for 55 minutes at 325°F or until sticking a knife into center comes out clean.

Recipe contributed by David Slone.