I picked up some local orchard apples, so I baked us an apple pie. Not the healthiest way to start the new year, but I did.
I freeze my pie crust crumbles, so all I have to do is add the ice water and roll the dough (recipe is online with King Flour's website).
The recipe is from a very old book of mine - Farm Journal's Complete Pie Book, printed in 1965. I haven't bake an apple pie in a long, long time. I used to can apple pie filling when all the kids still lived here. The pie was not a pretty thing, but tasted okay. I have only baked Dutch apple pies if I remember correctly. I will bake it again, but not too soon, and tweak the recipe.
I also realized, I only have one pie cookbook on my homesteading bookshelf. Do you have a favorite pie recipe book that you use? Do you have a good old fashioned apple pie recipe?
I have gotten tired of breakfast sausage and bacon lately, so I switched things up, dug into the freezer, and baked us a breakfast pie. I tossed this together with eggs, Canadian bacon, mushrooms, and a few more ingredients. There are no potatoes in this, so it's healthy, and we won't be eating it for 3 days, like our scramble breakfast. We are due for some greens on our breakfast soon too.
As you can see, the news around here is a bit boring. The rain left us, but the colder air is with us.
Kitchen-ness © Jan 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart