Comments | lcohen: my mother gave me some apples

lcohen

my mother gave me some apples

Dec 01, 2009 12:09

i was thinking i would just take them for lunch but now it occurs to me that i have store-bought pie crust sitting in the fridge. so i am thinking i might make an apple pie. i have never made an apple pie, but there's no time like the present, right?

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songquake December 1 2009, 18:24:56 UTC

sure! the filling is actually pretty easy to make, it's just time-consuming (slicing all those apples... though i expect you are only one pie, so it won't be the crazy amount of apples my sister slices for thanksgiving).

have fun and yumminess!

pameladean December 1 2009, 19:32:31 UTC

You can mess with the spices, but don't cut the sugar by more than half, don't omit the dotting with butter or margarine. And yes, you need that flour mixed in with the apples if you want a nice binding syrup. That's also why you can only mess with the sugar so far. If the apples are not juicy, don't mess with the sugar, period.

Unsolicited advices are us.

P.

Easy as pi veryfineredwine December 1 2009, 19:42:53 UTC

Skillet apple pie from Cooks Illustrated / America's Test Kitchen: http://www.americastestkitchentv.com/recipe.asp?recipeids=5157&iSeason=9 (registration required, no fees)

It's my favourite apple pie recipe because it's so easy and flavourful.

Re: Easy as pi lcohen December 1 2009, 20:01:09 UTC

that looks really good but would require a trip to the store, whereas i think i can make something with no trip to the store. and since i bought out the entire stock of penzey's over the weekend, i am feeling like i should try to stay out of stores ;-) . but i registered and printed it for another day.

Re: Easy as pi veryfineredwine December 1 2009, 20:13:13 UTC

Yeah. I hear you on "not going to go to buy one thing!". I've a number of lumps of frozen apple cider in the freezer just for this recipe.

Re: Easy as pi lcohen December 1 2009, 20:35:39 UTC

and that's a good idea too, but first i'd need to buy some apple cider.....

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lcohen December 1 2009, 20:36:02 UTC

okay, fine, i'll just come over to your house, then!

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lcohen December 1 2009, 21:09:26 UTC

we could sing the messiah, when i got there!

waaaay too tempting, this idea.

trawnapanda December 1 2009, 20:56:02 UTC

why spend loads of time peeling and slicing apples (which you could take with you for lunch) when you could make mock apple pie with RitzTM crackers?

unsolicited suggestions R us, too

lcohen December 1 2009, 21:08:44 UTC

this falls into the "would have to go to the store" rule, too--since my mother did not give me a box of ritz crackers ;-) .