Song of the Week of 9/18 ~ " You Were Only Fooling "


Recipe of the Week: " "Adam and Eve" Fresh Apple Pie


Adam and Eve Apple Pie


Hey everyone, it's time for the Recipe of the Week. I find it amazing just how quickly each week passes by, don't you ? When I think of the month of September, I think of Patsy Cline's birthday and of apples. So it's appropriate for Patsy to sing the words " It's a story as old as Adam and Eve, I was making love while you were making believe " in a September Song of the Week, this one being, " You Were Only Fooling "

Eve tempted Adam with an apple in the Garden of Eden, and now I temp you with my recipe for fresh apple pie. Enjoy!

Pie Crust

*this recipe will make enough for double 10 " pie crust

  • 3 cups of flour
  • 1 stick butter plus 1 tbs. cut into bits
  • 1/4 cup of Crisco
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. sugar
  • 1 egg and 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
  • 3-4 tbs. of ice water

    Combine the flour, salt and sugar in large bowl. Cut in the Crisco ( I use the butter flavored kind) and butter and mix lightly with fingers until coarse. Stir in egg and egg yolk and enough water to hold the dough together. Divide the dough in two balls, making sure one is larger than the other. Flatten into disks and wrap the dough balls in waxed paper. Chill in the fridge for at least one hour. Roll out, using the larger ball of dough to make the bottom crust and the other for the top.

    The Filling


    You'll need:

  • 8 - 9 cups of Granny Smith or other tart apples ~ peeled, cored and cut into thin slices
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 2 tsp. of cinnamon
  • A dash of Salt
  • 3 tbs. butter

    Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl stir together the sugar, salt, cinnamon, and flour. Mix in the apples until thoroughly coated. Fill the pie crust lined pan with the apple mixture filling, piling apples higher in the center of pie. Break up the 3 tbs. of butter and dot the butter over the filling. Make four slits in top crust, or make a hole the size of a silver dollar and cover the apple mixture. Seal the two pie crusts and flute the edges. (To prevent excessive browning of the edges, cover pie crust fluting with a thin strip of aluminum foil.) Bake about 45 minutes or until crust is lightly browned and pie juice begins to bubble through the slits or hole.

    Serve warm. And while you're at it, why not go all out and add a delicious scoop of creamy ice cream on top! 1