Recipes
pies
Debbie’s Apple Crumble Pie
Pair this tasty tart filler with your own homemade pie crust
and you’ll surely delight your friends and family.
Makes 1 pie
Apple Filling Ingredients
6-8 nice, tart apples (Granny Smith or a blend of Granny & Gala)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbs. lemon juice
1 tsp. cinnamon
Pinch of cloves
1 Tbs. brandy (optional)
3 Tbs. flour
3 Tbs. butter
Crumb Topping Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch of sea salt
Apple Pie Filling Method
Peel & core apples. The, slice or dice, whichever you like.
Toss with sugar, spices & cornstarch.
Work in butter/flour mixture.
Dump into pie crust & cover with crumb topping or a top homemade pie crust.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 min-1 hour, until brown bubbling & done.
Crumb Topping Method
Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Work butter in with your fingers & spread on top of apples.
*** We love to provide healthy, savory, happy recipes but remember we are not your doctor. Please follow the advice of your health-care provider about your diet and overall wellness and review labels for additional information on nutritional content.
Debbie’s Perfect Pie Crust
Makes 2 single crust pies or one double 8″
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks unsalted butter, cold
4-6 Tbs. ice water
Method
Cut the butter into quarter-inch pieces and chill while assembling the rest of the ingredients.
Put the flour & salt in a large bowl & whisk together.
Prepare the ice water like you are making yourself a drink. You don’t need to strain and measure the water until you add it.
Cut in the chilled butter using a pastry blender, or fork. Continue cutting until the flour-coated butter pieces are the size of oatmeal flakes. Stop blending and add 4 Tbs. ice water quickly and evenly.
Mix with a wooden spoon. In a dry climate you will probably need two more Tbs. to get the dough to come together. Resist the temptation to add more than that.
Using your hands, knead dough into two shaggy flat discs.
Wrap in saran wrap for an hour. During that time the dough will relax and smooth out some.
Now, just add your pie filling, or try ours:
• Heidi’s punkin’ pie
• Debbie’s apple crumble pie
• Lizzy’s homemade canned apple pie
• Heidi’s pecan pie
*** We love to provide healthy, savory, happy recipes but remember we are not your doctor. Please follow the advice of your health-care provider about your diet and overall wellness and review labels for additional information on nutritional content.
