Nothing says home like the smell of a cooking apple
Ah, the apple. Crispy, crunchy, tasty. There's a variety for any taste, from sweet to tart, crisp to soft, and everything in between.
The smell and taste of apples cooking conjure up visions of that idealised home and childhood everyone wishes he had.
Recipes from the Heart
Old English Apple Pie
taken from: The Kansas Cookbook
I brought this cookbook with me when I moved to the UK because I wanted to be able to share my Kansas heritage with my British husband.
This recipe isn't to be found in any of my English cookbooks, but my husband says it most closely resembles an Eve's Pudding.
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups fresh, tart apples, peeled and chopped
- 3/4 cup black walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Optional (not part of the original recipe):
In a large bowl, beat the eggs until thick and lemon colored. Add the sugar slowly and continue beating until well combined.
In a small bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and beat well. Add the apples, nuts, and spices, stirring until all ingredients are completely mixed.
Pour the batter into 2 well-greased 9-inch pie plates or a well-greased 13 X 9 - inch baking dish. Bake at 350F/Gas Mark 4 for 25 to 30 minutes.
This pie makes its own crust on top and bottom.
Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
Serves 12
The Kansas Cookbook
Recipes from the Heartland
The Kansas Cookbook: Recipes from the Heartland
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Josh's Apple Crumble
My son, Josh, brought this recipe home from school. It was one of the foods he cooked as part of his food technology course. He liked it so much, he asked me to keep the recipe and make it again.
- 2 cooking apples, small to medium
- 2 X 15 ml spoonfuls granulated sugar
- 100 gm plain flour
- 50 gm butter
- 50 gm granulated sugar
- 2.5 mg ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to gas mark 4/350F
Wash, core and slice apples. Place half the apples in a baking dish, sprinkle over with the 15 - 30 gm(1 - 2 tablespoons) sugar. Place other half of apples on top.
Sieve flour and cinnamon into a bowl.
Rub in butter until it resembles fine bread crumbs
Stir in 25 gm sugar
Sprinkle over the apples
Bake until topping is pale brown. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.
Serves 2
Love apples?
Deep - Dish Apple Pie
It doesn't get any better than this.
I don't know anyone who doesn't like Apple Pie. It's the All-American dessert that is loved around the world. Each country has its special touch, its special added ingredient that makes this dish its own.
- Pastry for 2-crust pie
- 750 gm golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 2mm thick slices
- 100 gm caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons plain flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 50 gm butter, diced
Prepare the pastry. Use 2/3 to line a 24cm deep-dish pie plate. Toss the apple slices with the caster sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Spoon the apple filling into the pastry and dot with butter.
Roll out the other 1/3 of pastry to fit over the top of the pie plate. Place over the filling and seal the edges. Crimp the edges as desired.
Roll out the trimmings and make shapes. Brush with water and decorate the top.
Make a hole for steam to release. Brush with a beaten egg. Sprinkle demerara sugar over the top.
Place on a baking sheet.
Bake 50 - 55 minutes. Cover pie loosely with foil after 30 minutes to prevent over-browning.
Cool pie on a wire rack 1 hour to serve warm. Or, cool completely to serve later.
Serve with cream, ice cream, or a slice of extra mature cheddar cheese.
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For a special treat, add a cup of blackberries to the apples
.Shortcrust pastry
When we do make our own, we follow Delia Smith's recipe for basic shortcrust pastry.
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History of Pies
Read here to learn more about how the pie came to be
Apple Pie
- History of Pies
- A detailed history of the humble pie.
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- NanLT NanLT Dec 14, 2009 @ 10:16 am
- I received an email today from a woman who was searching for "The Kansas Cookbook" so that she could bake one of the desserts for her family. She'd found a copy, but wasn't confident she could get it by Christmas. I'm happy to report that I have been able to help her by sending her the recipe from the book.
Here is the recipe for anyone else:
I'm happy to help you out.
Here's the recipe:
Cinnamon Cream Pie
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour (plain flour)
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups half and half (single cream)
1 unbaked 9 - inch pie shell.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugar together. Beat in the flour, cinnamon, and vanilla. Stir in the half and half and pour into an unbaked pie shell.
Bake at 350F until the filling is slightly firm, about 45 minutes. Cool to lukewarm and serve.
Serves 6 - 8.
If you need to make conversions for measurements or oven temperature, living as you do in Australia, I suggest using the resources at http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking.htm
Cheers,
NanLT
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Nov 11, 2009 @ 1:58 am
- Delicious Apple Desserts. Apple, walnuts and sultanas...tasty combination! Good Idea. Thanks for adding to: A
RocketMoms Thanksgiving Day Feast :)
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- partybuzz partybuzz Oct 8, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
- My husband always has apple pie topped with butter pecan ice cream for his birthday instead of a cake! I'll be trying some of these recipes! :-)
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- NanLT NanLT Sep 22, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | in reply to lauren
- If you're wanting something simple, but that looks and tastes fabulous, I suggest the Old English Apple Pie. You could add sultanas along with the walnuts for a nice touch.
Or, try the deep dish apple pie with added blackberries. Both are in season now and they go very nicely together in a pie.
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- lauren lauren Sep 22, 2009 @ 12:17 pm
- i am cooking this apple dessert for a competition - i need something simple but sophisticated, any ideas???
it is to celebrate the apples in season peak (early autumn) so if it could use english apples that would be fab
thanxz this is a great webpage L
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