Patricia Ann Apple Pie
posted Tuesday July 13th, 2010
Several months ago, Ray had an apple tree planted in the front yard, in honor of his mom. The name is “Anna Apple,” which seemed appropriate since Annabelle was the apple of her grandmother’s eye.
But it wasn’t until I was chopping the apples up for pie that I suddenly realized that Annabelle’s inadvertantly named for Ray’s mom, Patricia Ann. I stopped at the kitchen sink and stared down at the apples, wondering if it ever occurred to my MIL. I bet it did.
How could this have escaped me for all these years?
The pie could have been better — the birds ate a lot of the apples off the trees (who knew you need to harvest apples in July in Phoenix? I was waiting for fall) and even with store bought crust things weren’t perfect.
But (knock wood) I can try again next year.
Would kugel be more forgiving ?
Mmmmm…pie. Oh wait, I’m supposed to be dieting. Ewww…pie.
i vote apple crisp- and double the crisp part!
BTW- if you ever figure out a way to keep the birds out of the apples let me know. Darn creatures always eat my peaches before they are ripe enough to harvest!
heather, will you share your recipe??
robert — ah, kugel. a good idea! maybe i can find a non-passover one for next year.
I second the apple crisp idea. You would have to try hard to screw it up. I have another friend with an apple tree (hers were ready around May/June. It’s great with some vanilla ice cream.
Try this:
Apple Crisp
Preheat over to 375. Butter baking pan.
Mix:
5 1/2 cups of thinly sliced apples
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Spread the apple mix in the baking pan.
Mix in separate bowl:
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2/3 cup unbleached white or whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
(optional: Handful of chopped nuts)
Combine the dry mix and then crumble it on top of the apple mix.
Bake about 45 min, until the topping is lightly browned & fruit is
tender.