Apple Pie

Ingredients:

Pastry for 2 crusts
8 cups sliced, peeled assorted baking apples - about 3 lbs.  (Granny Smith, Cortland, Jonathan)
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 Tablespoons butter
1 egg yolk
1 Tablespoon milk

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, toss the sliced apples with lemon juice.

2. Combine sugars, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to apples and toss well to coat.

3. Fill pastry lined 9 inch pie pan with apple mixture. Dot with butter.

4. Place second crust on top of pie filling, cut slits in top of crust to vent. Seal the edges of the crust with a fork or by hand.

5. In a small bowl, beat the egg yolk and milk. Brush mixture over top crust.

6. Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes.

7. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake 40-45 minutes more or until crust is golden and filling is bubbly.

Peach Crisp

Ingredients

• 4 cups peeled, sliced peaches
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 lime
• 1 stick of butter (room temperature)
• Cinnamon 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place peaches in a baking dish.  Squeeze the juice of 1 lime over the peaches.  Dust peaches with touch of cinnamon.

Mix sugar, flour and butter together,  Cover top of peaches with topping.  Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

To serve, scoop onto a plate and serve with vanilla ice cream! Enjoy :)

Apple Crisp

The smell of autumn leaves, fresh pumpkins and sweet scrumptious soul soothing apple crisp!  

Last week, I was craving this wonderfully delicious fall dessert.  I find this recipe to be the perfect one of all!  I am not a huge fan of nuts and oats mixed into desserts, but this still has that crunchy bite from the  butter, flour and sugar mixture that goes on top of the sliced apples that makes each spoonful perfect.  Each sweet bite of warm apple crisp is like a party in your mouth!  Here is my mom's recipe for apple crisp.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!


4 cups of sliced apples
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)


Mound apples in buttered 9" round pan.  Sprinkle apples with 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon and 1-2 tsp. of flour.  Mix all together.  
Combine sugar, flour and spices and a dash of salt till mixture is crumbly.  Sprinkle over apples.  
Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50 minutes or till apples are tender and top is browned.
Let sit for at least 15 minutes before you enjoy this hot apple crisp recipe.  I always enjoy a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!

YUM!