APPLE PIE RECIPE

( Lise, Betty  and Peg’s)

This recipe is from Lise Wraith and it’s her own version of a family heirloom recipe.  Lise is a professional cook and this may be the best apple pie you will ever taste.

Ingredients:

• 9” pie pan (Pyrex is best)
• Knife
• Pastry Brush
• Use aluminum foil to wrap around piecrust so it won’t burn
• Use Pillsbury or Kroger piecrust
• Preheat oven to 410 degrees (about 5 minutes)
• 3 ½ to 4 large red Delicious Apples
• 6 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 to 1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon.
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• Milk

Directions: 

     While the piecrust is thawing at room  temperature for 20 minutes or more, depending on whether the crust is refrigerated or frozen, peel and core the apples.  Unroll first crust and flour one side of  it.  Place the floured side into the pie pan, and  mold crust to pan.  Slice apples thin and put first layer of apples  in pan.  On top of the first layer of apples, sprinkle  your cinnamon and sugar.  You can  add a little cinnamon or a lot.  I  like a lot, so I am generous with it and the sugar too.

Spread your second layer of apples and sprinkle  with more sugar and cinnamon.   Cut the butter into pieces and put in 7  different places.   Put on second crust, fold this and bottom crust  together and under to seal it.  Then brush the top of the pie with milk.  Poke air holes in top of the pie, and wrap the  foil around the folded edges of the piecrust to prevent  burning.  Cook for 50 minutes total at 410  degrees.  After 25 minutes take the foil off the pie, and  cook 25 more minutes.  Take pie out of oven and let cool for half an  hour before serving.

Vegetarian Note: To avoid the lard in pre-made pie crusts, you can make your own pie crust from any recipe, substituting vegetable oil for the lard.

Astrological Lore:  Apples are ruled by Venus, the goddess of Love.  The apples of Avalon are said to be magical and to give immortality. 

To enhance the Venusian quality of this dessert with a bit of medieval charm, sprinkle a tablespoon either of rosewater or orange flower water over the apples before putting on the top crust of the pie.

My friend Bill Wraith, the writer, says he fell in love with Lise, his wife, when he saw her cooking.  Lise adapted this recipe from that of Bill’s mother and aunt.  The way to a man’s heart is definitely through his stomach.  (Moon is exalted in Taurus.)  And that is about all you need to know about love charms.

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