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Welcome & Dutch Apple Pie

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Welcome to my attempt at a food blog. I was inspired by some friends and family to start this and share my recipes. I am a SAHM that loves to cook/bake and make things from scratch (you won’t find a cake mix in this house!). I also try to make healthy food for my family. When I have the time and it’s not too hot I enjoy baking. My specialty is cakes (and I’m always open to requests :). We also have a garden, so I do as much as I can with our fresh produce, including canning and freezing. So far my canning has included spaghetti sauce, tomatoes, chili sauce, salsa, applesauce and jam. I’m hoping to try some new things this year. There is a local farmer’s market about 5 min. from our house, so I’ve been taking advantage of that as well for cooking, baking and canning/freezing. Finally, I am doing my best to provide healthy, homemade food for my family and cutting down on boughten/packaged/processed food and eating out (although we only go out to eat about once every 2-3 months as it is). It helps financially (now that we have 1 income), and I feel like I’m doing something good for my family. I am a major planner, so I plan my meals for the week on Sunday. I’ll try to post my meal plan and then some of the recipes throughout the week. I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we do. Feel free to pass along any good recipes you have as well.

Since the the name of my blog is Dutch Apple Pie I guess I should start with my family’s Dutch Apple Pie recipe. It’s one of our favorites! I don’t have a picture since I haven’t made it in a while. But the next time I do I’ll add it. I will also post a few other favorite recipes and will add pictures as I make them. Enjoy!!

Dutch Apple Pie

Filling:
5 large targ apples, pared, cored and cut into thin slices
1/2 cup light brown sugar (organic cane brown sugar or sucanat)
1 tsp. cinnamon

Topping:
1/2 cup white sugar (organic cane sugar or sucanat)
3/4 cup flour (ap or whole wheat)
1/3 cup butter, chilled

Single pie crust:
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour (or whole wheat)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp. palm shortening or chilled butter
1/8 cup + 2 Tbsp. water w/ 1/2 tsp. vinegar

Pie Crust:
Sift flour and salt. Cut in 1/2 shortening until it resembles corn meal. Cut in other 1/2 until it looks like small peas. Add water + vinegar and mix well. (you can do all of this in a food processor for a quick dough). Roll out and place in 9″ pie plate.

Pie:
Heat oven to 400. Arrange apple slices in pastry lined 9″ pie pan. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apples. Combine white sugar and flour. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake 40-45 min.

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