Jan. 23, 2008 - National Pie Day!

   Today was National Pie Day, no literally, and for the occasion we made a German Apple Pie. All through school we could smell the delicious aromas floating all around. It was really quite distracting. For your thoughts would be two minus the sum of eighteen and twenty is...apples and cinnamon glazed with heavy cream...stop it just concentrate...now what was I thinking about?

So I would suggest waiting to make your pies afterwards.

     Doesn't that look yummy? Here is the recipe:

   Crust:

 1-1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup of shortening

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 to 3 tablespoons ice water

   Filling:

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup of all purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

6 cups of sliced peeled baking apples

1 cup heavy cream

Whipped Cream Optional

Directions:

 In a bowl, combine flour and salt; cut in shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with vanilla and stir in. Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until pastry holds together. Shape into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8-in. thickness Transfer to a 9 in. pie plate; trim and flute edges. For filling, combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon; sprinkle 3 tablespoons into crust. Top with half of the apples. Sprinkle with half of the remaining sugar mixture. Pour cream over all. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 55-60 minutes or until apples are tender. Cool. Serve with whipped cream if desired. Yield: 6-8 servings

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