So I seriously need to get my camera fixed.
Anyway. This week has been hectic despite the fact that I have done absolutely nothing. School just seems to drain me even though I don't really have anything to do till finals. Blah. I know it must be annoying to my classmates who I bother all the time as I sit in the computer lab looking up recipes, playing with STATA, or looking at lolcatz, dogfail, or people of wal-mart.
So this week I sort of took Jacki's advice about cooking and baking to occupy myself. I seriously should have done it more. But out of my kitchen this week came another batch of chicken soup, pumpkin biscotti, and apple pie!
The soup was amazing as this week it did nothing but rain. Chicken soup when it's raining outside and while it's cold is just absolute heaven for dinner.
As for the biscotti, it didn't really come out that great. It was edible at least and went well with coffee. I'm going to have to stick to Dorie Greenspans biscotti recipe from now on though I think.
As for the pie. Yes, this was my second attempt at making pie. I think I added to many apples so it came out a bit gooey and filled. Anyway, I used Paula Deen's apple pie filling and Dorie's pie crust recipe. All I need to say is that the pie was made Wednesday night and all of it was gone. J came over last night for some and although he teasingly criticized i I know he liked it as he ate his entire piece. Oh and speaking of J, he taught me how to make cheesecake so now I just need a spring form pan and roasting pan so I can make my own. Oddly, I think J thinks I will probably fail at my first attempt. So before I go back home and make cheesecake for the fam. I will have to have him supervise me.
In other news, I'll be stewing some pork for dinner tomorrow night. I'm also thinking about doing calzone and cinnamon rolls this weekend. Banana bread is coming up soon as I have a bunch of bananas that are ripening nicely in my kitchen!
Ok...Anthony took pictures of the pie. As soon as I can get him to send me the pictures I'll post them. But here are the recipes for the apple pie. I won't share the biscotti recipe as I don't think it's worth replicating.
Paula Deen's Apple Pie Filling:
Ingredients
* 3/4 cup light brown sugar
* 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus more for sprinkling
* Freshly ground nutmeg, to taste
* 7 medium apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
* 1 lemon, zested and juiced
Directions
Paula's Perfect Pie Crust, recipe follows
* 3 tablespoons butter, diced
* Egg wash, for brushing
* Sugar, for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Mix together the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small bowl. In another bowl, sprinkle apples with the juice of 1 lemon and toss. Stir in the sugar mixture to evenly coat the apples.
Set aside. Roll out chilled dough into 2 circles and use 1 round to line a 9-inch pie pan. Chill the other round.
Mound the apple and sugar mixture into the pie pan lined with dough. Dot with the cubed butter.
Using a pastry cutter, cut an even number of strips from the remaining rolled out dough. Transfer every other strip to the pie top and weave in the lattice by folding every other strip back onto itself and laying another strip perpendicularly. Fold the strips back across and repeat until completed.
Brush the top of the pie with egg wash and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Trim the overhanging dough and crimp edges.
Bake pie for 45 minutes. Let rest 20 minutes before slicing.
Dorie Greenspan Pie Crust:
Good for Almost Everything Pie Dough
For a 9 inch Double Crust
3 cups all purpose flour
¼ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
2 ½ sticks very cold unsalted butter, cut into tbsp size pieces
1/3 cup very cold vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces
About ½ cup ice water
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