posted on September 5, 2000 07:39:09 PM new
Does anyone here have a killer apple pie recipe? I would like to make a couple as thank you's to some friends who helped out with food and support when my dad died.
I have the standard recipe in the Better Homes cookbook, and I have a good recipe for crust, but would like some tips on the filling.
posted on September 5, 2000 08:19:58 PM new
I actually got this recipe from the internet some time ago but I've tried it and it is yummicious!
APPLE RHUBARB STRAWBERRY STREUSEL PIE
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
4 apples
2 cups sliced rhubarb
2 cups whole strawberries
Preheat oven to 425. Grease 10-inch pie plate. In medium sized bowl combine oats, brown sugar, and melted butter. Blend well. Take 2/3 of this mixture and press firmly into bottom and up the sides of the pie plate. Refrigerate. Mix together 3/4 cup sugar, flour, and spices in large bowl. Peel, core, and slice apples into 1/4 inch pieces. Toss apples, rhubarb, and strawberries with spices, sugar, and flour mixture. Turn into the chilled streusel base. Sprinkle with remaining streusel crumbs. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 and continue baking for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool before serving.
posted on September 5, 2000 08:23:14 PM new
Meya--crisp tart apples like Granny Smith sure do seem to make a difference. Of course you know about that little last dab of butter on the apples before the top crust is put on. Also--found that a bit of fresh ground nutmeg is a sure piquant addition to the sugar and cinnamon combo. Sometimes, the good old recipes are the best--unless you are thinking exotic--liked sliced guava between the apple slices etc. Stick to the tried and true---with recipes---they are usually the best. Do you like to read recipe books? How about Church compilation cookbooks? Aren't they the most mouth watering collections? I usually find a bag of potato chips, a good cook book, a blanket (this is a winter activity), and dig into the books and bag of chips
My favorite is too see the endless varieties of "gob" cookies. You know--those two halves of chocolate cake --baked as a cookie with some wonderful white filling between. It's the endless recipes of white filling that gets me salivating everytime.
posted on September 5, 2000 09:07:32 PM newMeya: Does it have to be a "traditional" apple pie? I have a great *simple* recipe for a "Pioneer Apple Pie." It is one that settlers heading west could make while travelling. Instead of a top & bottom crust, the apples (I use Granny Smith, preferring their flavor) are peeled & sliced in wedges & placed in the pie tin, then the ingredients for the "crust" are mixed together & poured over the apples. This is an incredibly easy thing to make & cooks up *fast.* My recipe is at work, as someone there just borrowed & returned it. If you are interested, just say the word & I'll post the recipe tomorrow.
posted on September 5, 2000 09:12:43 PM new
Granny Smiths are good apples for pie BUT Gravenstines are better!Of course you can't find them much anymore......darn!
posted on September 6, 2000 04:18:19 AM new
Wow, the Apple/Strawberry/Rubarb pie sounds GREAT! Maybe I'll ask the folks I'm making them for if they like rubarb...it is sort of an acquired taste.
I do have a couple of church cookbooks, one is huge from a local Baptist Church, it was made in the '60s I think. I'll have to look through it again.
Thanks for all the recipes, I'm keeping all of them, as I am a "Recipe-Cookbook Junkie".
posted on September 6, 2000 10:10:07 AM new
lol femme
I agree, Meya, you either love rhubarb or you can't stand it. I used to have rhubarb growing in my backyard when I lived in Calif and every now and then would just go out and cut some fresh stalks and stew them for a nice winter evening treat... getting hungry now...
posted on September 6, 2000 08:06:12 PM new
kiheicat:
I wonder if rhubarb would grow in texas.I used to grow it in New Hampshire..I love it raw fresh from the garden.
Does anyone use any other kind of apples other than grannie smith to cook with?
I'd like something a little less tart.
posted on September 6, 2000 08:42:56 PM new
tegan, we had rhubarb growing in our garden when we lived on the East Coast, and I grew it in California, and my neighbors here in Hawaii have some growing in their garden... I think its a pretty resilient plant and should grow most anywhere, but I'm by no means an expert.
posted on September 6, 2000 09:38:15 PM new
jeanyu: Do you have a recipe for the gob cookies? I buy them at the Cookie Factory when I go out of town. I would make my own cookies, but would like to know what the "mystery" filling is made of. Heather
posted on September 7, 2000 09:54:44 AM new
I don't bake often and didn't have a recipe so I did the following and it turned out pretty good.
I cut up some apples put them in a cast iron skillet added some cinnamon, some butter some sugar some ginger and some lemon juice. Got it all to a nice bubble real thick and the sugar carmalized.
Had the bottom of a pie crust in oven with some rice for weight baked that for a few minutes.
Dump apple mixture in it cut up top crust to make lattice and baked it till top crust is golden brown.
