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My Grannie's Special Caramel Apple Pie

celebrity_soup — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:12:27 -0800

I just HAD to share this recipe with you guys! For special occassions my granny would make the BEST APPLE PIE! She came to stay for a month a couple days ago and yesterday she made that MAGNIFICENT apple pie, since I am so hooked in posting my favorite recipes I just HAD to get this one!
Another to die for dessert! Enjoy! Oh you will!

Ingredients:

Filling:
7 large Granny Smith or Pippin apples, peeled and cored
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 large egg
Caramel topping, recipe follows

Dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup lard
2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
About 1/2 cup iced water

Caramel Topping:
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 cup pecan halves

How to make:

Pie dough:
In a large bowl combine the flour with the lard, butter and salt. Mix lightly with your fingertips until the dough forms grape-sized pieces. You should be able to see chunks of fat. Stir in the iced water. Lightly knead, handling the dough as little as possible, until the dough forms a ball. Add a little more iced water if necessary. Transfer to a plastic bag and shape into a log. Seal the bag, pressing out any air, and chill for as little as 1 hour or as long as 3 days. The pie dough can be frozen for as long as a week.

Caramel topping:
In a small saucepan combine brown sugar, butter and cream. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the pecan halves.

The pie:
Butter and flour a 9-inch glass pie plate. On a lightly floured surface roll the dough to a 12-inch round about 1/8-inch thick. Line the pie plate, being sure to press the dough into the bottom and up the sides without stretching. Chill 30 minutes. Roughly chop the apples into small pieces, about the size of lima beans. (The apples should measure about 9 cups chopped.) Combine with the sugar, tapioca, cinnamon, salt and lemon juice in a large bowl. Set aside until the juices begin to run, about 10 - 15 minutes. Beat together the cream and egg to make a glaze and brush over the edges and bottom of the crust. Mound the apple filling in the pie shell. It will be quite full. Roll out the remaining dough to a large round about 1/8'' thick. Place over the filling a seal the edges together by gently pressing together. Trim any excess dough with scissors and flute the edges. Brush the top with the remaining egg glaze. Using a paring knife, cut out and remove a circle the size of a quarter from the center of the top crust. Cut 5 or 6 slits in a spoke pattern beginning 1/2-inch from the center hole and ending 1/2-inch from the outside edge. Chill for 30 minutes before baking.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place the pie plate on a cookie sheet and bake 10 - 15 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Reduce the heat to 300 degrees and continue baking until the juice visible in the center becomes thick and bubbly, about 1 hour (if the edges are browning too quickly, cover with aluminum foil). Meanwhile prepare the caramel topping. Spoon the hot caramel over the top of the pie to coat and return to the oven. Bake 5 minutes longer, or until the caramel sets. Cool on a rack before serving.

New Pills Make Semen Taste Like Apple Pie (Funny of the Day)

Myst — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:57:12 -0700

I just stumbled across this article at one of my fav site: http://www.thefrisky.com/ and just had to post.

We ladies work so hard to heat things up in the bedroom. It’s a damn shame what we’re cooking up when we’re naked, never tastes that good going down-literally. Semen is hardly the fine wine of sexytimes. But Blue Mountain Nutraceuticals in the U.K. is turning the mouth-puckering lemons of love into, well, apples. Supposedly, you just have to convince your man to swallow first-swallow their Hard Apple pills (a completely vegetarian herbal supplement), that is. Sounds like we ladies won’t be the only thing doing his body good. After a week or two on the vitamins, his wad will really be a sweet release. Could these apple tablets that make your man’s load taste fruit-flavored be the new “American Pie”? Probs works better than Jason Biggs’ approach ... but one thing is for sure, we’ll never look at whipped cream on apple pie the same way again. [ITB Innovation]

ok.. I'm off to bed now... this put ideas into my head.

A SPLENDA Old Fashion Apple Pie

Kbella — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:09:00 -0700

I don't know how healthy this is, but the recipy is on the back of my splenda sugar box, so I thought I would post it.
Ingredients
9-inch double pie crust
7 cups thin-sliced, cored, peeled baking apples (about 7 medium)
1 cup Splenda granular no calorie sweetner
3 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 ground nutmeg
1/4 salt
Directions
Prepare or purchase a double pie crust and set one crust into a 9-inch pie pan. Place sliced apples into a large bowl and set aside. Combine Splenda, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a small bowl. Sprinkle the mixture over apples and toss. Spoon apple mixture into pie crust. Place the second crust over the filling. Seal edges, trim, and flute. Make small openings in the top crust following your preferred pattern. Bake in a preheated oven at 425 Degree F until top crust is golden brown (about 40-50 minutes). Serve warm or chilled.
There you go. A yummy pie with no calorie splenda!

Apple Crisp: for those too lazy to make a proper pie crust

vina — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 11:02:52 -0700

I made an apple crisp with apples from the aunt and uncle's orchard¹.
No huge story today, just a recipe and some photos.

Sorry things aren't precise but think of them as guidelines.

[filling]
- 5-6 peeled, cored, and sliced apples (I'd like to tell you exactly how many but they were already quartered when I got them)
- ? cup granulated sugar
- about ¼ cup of honey
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
- water
- half and half or heavy cream
- 1-2 Tbsp. butter
- cinnamon
- freshly grated nutmeg
- splash o'brandy (or two splashes if you're feeling festive)
- handful of raisins

[topping]
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup chopped pecans
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ tsp. cinnamon
¼ ginger
¼ cup cold butter, cut up

1. Filling: combine apples, raisins, sugar, honey and a half cup of water in a large saucepan. Bring to simmer over medium heat, then cover and cook until apples are tender. Add the brandy. Dissolve the cornstarch in the cream/half and half in a seperate bowl and then stir into the apples. Bring to a boil and stir occasionally for two to five minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in the butter, cinnamon and nutmeg. Let cool.

2. Topping: combine everything except the butter into a bowl. Cut in the butter until you have coarse crumbs. Technically you can use a pastry cutter or 2 knives but I just used my hands. Set aside.

3. Spoon filling into a pie dish or a large ramekin. Sprinkle topping evenly over apples. Bake for 10 minutes at 400º F. Reduce temperature to 375º F and bake for another half an hour. If the topping is browning too quickly cover loosely with foil. Cool on wire rack. Get your eat on.

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¹ and by 'orchard' I mean three apple trees.

AROMAS FROM HEAVEN

Monique Marie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:30:41 -0800

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Chicken Not Pie

Monique Marie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:45:59 -0800

Chicken Not-Pie

If your kids are fans of April Fools' Day, they'll love digging into this surprise dessert version of a traditional comfort food. Our convincing potpie is easy to make and has a flaky pastry top crust, just like the classic dish. But while the real deal is filled with chicken and vegetables in savory sauce, ours features candy and fruit look-alikes in sweet, creamy pudding. It's the perfect unexpected treat for this most mischievous of holidays.

Ingredients

1 (4 1/2-inch) aluminum foil potpie tin
1 refrigerated piecrust (most 15-ounce packages contain 2 crusts, enough for 6 of our pies)
Aluminum foil
1 egg (makes enough for 6 pies)
2 tablespoons water

1 (3.4-ounce) box instant vanilla or white-chocolate pudding (1 box makes enough for 3 pies)
1 yellow and 2 orange Starburst candies
1 green Chewy Jolly Rancher candy or green Tootsie Roll candy (we found the green Starburst candies to be too pale)
1 banana (makes enough for 6 pies)
1 to 2 dried apple rings or a 4-ounce bar of white chocolate (1 bar is enough for 6 pies)

Instructions

Bake the crust:Heat the oven to 450°. Unroll or unfold a piecrust on your work surface. Using the upside-down potpie tin as a guide, cut a circle of dough about 1/2 inch larger than the tin. (If you're making more than one potpie, simply cut another circle from the dough. Reroll the scraps to cut out a third.) Crumple a piece of aluminum foil into a 1 1/2-inch ball and set it in the potpie tin. Cover it with a layer of foil to create a smooth mound, then lay the circle of dough on top. (A)
Now press the tines of a fork around the edge of the dough to crimp it, then use the fork to gently poke a few holes in the crust. (B)
Beat the egg with the water, then brush the mixture over the dough.
Set the pie tin on a baking sheet and bake the crust for about 10 minutes. Let it cool completely.
Make the filling:Prepare the pudding according to the package directions and refrigerate until serving time.
Create the faux chicken and vegetables:To make the Starburst or Tootsie Roll candies easier to work with, place them unwrapped on a paper plate and warm them in the microwave just until they're slightly softened, about 12 to 15 seconds. (The Jolly Rancher candies will soften from the warmth of your hands.) Once you've shaped them, lay the candies on waxed paper or a paper plate, set apart from each other so they won't stick together.
Corn kernels: Roll the yellow candy between your hands or on a clean work surface to create a 4-inch-long rope, then use kitchen shears or a sharp knife to cut the rope into 1/4-inch pieces. With your fingers, form each piece into a kernel by flattening one end and pinching the other.
Chicken: Use kitchen shears or a knife to cut the apple rings into 1/2-inch-wide pieces. If you're using white chocolate, chop or break it into roughly 1/2-inch-wide pieces.
Peas: Roll the green candy into a 5-inch-long rope. Cut the rope into 1/4-inch pieces, then roll each piece into a ball.
Potatoes: Peel the banana, slice off three 1/4-inch-thick pieces, then cut each piece into small cubes.
Cubed carrots: Cut each orange candy into 4 squares.
Assemble the pie:Just before serving time, spoon about 2/3 cup of the pudding into the pie tin.
Add the candies and the fruit to the pudding, then set the piecrust on top.

1stdec/2nddec/3rddec/4thdec/5thdec/6thdec/7thdec

fattyme — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:45:07 -0800

breakfast-jollibean peanut and cheese pancake and milk.
lunch-fried beehoon,sausage,mantou(2),alot of carrot cake(like 4 piece?!!!!)+ green tea+milo.
dinner-rice with dishes+ soup +fried bee hoon+dumpling+whole big chocolate bread(that look like 4-6 big mac ok.)+green tea+fruits+alot this and that.
2nd dec
breakfast -one and half fruit and nut bread and soyabean.
lunch-rice+black sauce chicken+egg+soup+ fish+red bean soup+fruits.
teabreak-2 banana+one fruit and nut bread.
dinner-fried rice+claypot noodles+fish+tofu+chicken+coffeebread and colourful cake and hotdog roll and red bean soup with rice ball and fruits.
3rddec.
breafast-one slice of bread with peanut butterand carrot cake and milk
lunch-oreo(half a long packet ) , +sushi + bubble tea(i drank alot ok!!!!!!!!)+ subway(turkeybreast )+apple juice.
dinner-noodles+porridge+2steam cake+one tiger rooll+one coffee bread +taro pie+tea and fruits.
4thdec.
breakfast-2slice of bread with peanut butter and kaya + milk+ cereal drink+ apple yoghurt.
lunch- yoghurt with 5 digestive biscuit+fruit and nut bread+cereal drink+one apple+mac(burger+frieds+milo!)
dinner-rice + dishes+one slice of bread+one box of dark chocolate and one orange chocolate and tea and fruits.
5thdec
breakfast-milk tea+ fishball noodles+pear.
lunch-oatmeAl with peanut butter and milk+hotdog withbread+ melon breadwith peanut butter+mantou with peAnut butter.
dinner-rice with dishes(black pepper crab.fried chicken,fried tofu,fried prawns)+kaya toast+pineapple bo lo bun+ milk tea and yin yang .
6thdec
breakfast-twoslice of bread with peanut butter and kaya +coffee+fruits.
lunch-rice+fishsoup+abcsoip+noodles with yong tau foo+egg.
teabreak-banana+two dumpling + one tapicia cake+one coconut cake and one colourful kueh+coffee.
dinner- porridges with dishes+milk tea+ rice dumpling+ fruits.
7thdec
breakfast-5colourful kueh+3banana+2 cereal drink
lunch-pasta+garlic bread+soup+ice lemon tea+potato salad
teabreak-blueberry tea+famous amos cookie.
dinner-rice+dishes+fruits.
breakd

The LONG VIEW

chungcaa — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:46:38 -0700

Dear Family,
Read this story from a book on Prayer by Philip Yancey that I am almost done reading (started in earlier this year!... sorry slow reader...)
'You must be hungry after shoveling so hard! Let me get you a piece of apple pie. So you like apple pie? You stay right there and let me get you some pie.'
She was an 80yr widow, and I knew it would take her at least 10mins for her to make it into the kitchen, never mind dishing out the pie, I sat at the table, wondering how long she would make me sit before I got my pay and was there of there.
The offering was quintenssential New England: light golden brown crust, piping hot apples adn cold milk in a tall glass. I devoured it.
She had barely sat down at the head of the table to enjoy her slice when she noticed my bare plate. "Let me get you another piece!' There was no declining the offer: she was into the kitchen before I could open my mouth. Funny how quickly she could move at times. The pie was good, the milk cold, and I made quick work of her second offering.
But she kept talking and talking. It was the unspoken dread of our neighbourhood - getting caught with Mrs Back. We all have a Mrs Back in our lives. Even at at young age, I began to reflect , how could somehow be so oblivious to the cues before her- how could she not notice that I wanted out of there?
About 10 years later, on a Monday afternoon, something inside me said, You need to tell Mrs Back. For on that previous Friday night, at a bachelor party in Harvard Square, I have myself to Jesus. I still hadn't told anybody. But somehow I knew: I was supposed to tell Mrs Back.
It was a lovely spring afternoon in May, and Mrs Back was hanging out her laundry to dry. I walked up to the fence. "Mrs Back, do you know what it means to be "born again"?'
She dropped everything and looked at me in sheer surprise and delight. "Why, yes I do.' She had been a pastor's wife, after all.
'Well the other night, I was born again.'
She looked at me and said with a firm note, 'You stay right there!' I stood on the driveway, at the fence, watching her hobble up to the back door, up the steps with her cane.
10 minutres later she came out from her back door, walked over to me and handed me the biggest, most delicious piece of choclate cake I had ever eaten in my life. She smiled adn said, 'Eat it!' And I devoured that piece of choclate cake as she stood there and gazed at me. Celebrating with me. Rejoicing with me.
Finally, she spoke. 'For the last 15 years, since you moved in, I have prayed every day for you and for Paul [my friend who lived on the other side o fher house] - I prayed every day that you would come to know Jesus.'
Well hope you liked this... as it touched my heart and taught me about praying, especially about praying for someone else.
luv, dad xxx

Your Healthy Food Swaps

FitSugar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:27 -0800

Since decadent foods like ice cream, baked treats, and fried foods tend to be high in the calorie department, it's good to have a few healthy food swap ideas up your sleeve. Here are some shared by fellow FitSugar readers.

"Avocado instead of mayo . . . sure it may have fat in it but it's healthy fat and tastes delicious. Hummus instead of cream in sauces and soups . . . adds a ton of flavor and protein." - mamasitamalita
"I use balsamic vinegar (not vinaigrette) on my salads without any oil. It gives the same powerful flavor kick but for a lot less calories." - laellavita
"Replace ranch dressing on my salad with cottage cheese." - genipher85

For more great ideas, keep reading

Baked Apples

Angelica — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:59:54 -0700

When I feel like an after dinner snack I love baking a sliced green apple sprinkled with a bit of cinnamon and brown sugar. I started with a recipe that suggested follow out the apple and fill it, but now I just cut it up and bake it. I get my apple-a-day, a bit of fiber, and it seems like a dessert treat without a ton of sugar or fat. It also makes the house smell like Apple pie. Who doesn't love that?