Family and Apple Pie

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There’s nothing that a weekend at grandmas can’t fix.  My husband is currently out of the state for the next few days. If you know my husband and I you know that while we were extremely happy in our independence before marriage we both get slightly grumpy when we can’t hang out with each other throughout the week now that there’s a ring on both of our fingers.

So, while my amazing husband is in New Jersey, my mother and sister decided to come up to Nebraska to visit my aunts, my grandmother and I. It is always an amazing time. All four of us women have extremely different personalities my sister is quiet and more reserved than most, however, she has a light-hearted sense of humor that can light up a room like none other, my mother is the glue that keeps us all together, and I have a sarcastic sense of humor, I tend to be more serious and thrive on structure and appointments. Somewhere in the fun of the day I found myself getting overwhelmed. A trip to the store wound up becoming a trip to chiropractor as well as a trip to the store, which lead to a trip to the garage sales that were and since the trip was taking a little while its required a few restrooms stops on the way. We don’t typically agree with one another on much, but we are family.


However, there is one thing that we can all agree on, apple pie. I tend to like the crust the best (my weakness for carbs is a strong one) , my sister likes the filling, and my mother appreciates the delicacy of each element. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it? That we weren’t all created with the same passions and desires. I will never see eye to eye with each member of my family, it’s simply not going to happen, however, I can respect each person for the way that they are uniquely created.  The best thing about family is that you don’t have to get along 100% of the time to truly love one another. You don’t have to love the garage sales or the restroom stops to love the apple pie and conversation at the end of the night. That's what makes family the greatest!

Here's a recipe that my sister and I use:



Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 6 to 7 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 large egg white
  • Additional sugar

  

   Directions

  1. In a small bowl, combine the sugars, flour and spices; set aside. In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Add sugar mixture; toss to coat.
  2. Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom crust; trim pastry even with edge. Fill with apple mixture; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry.
  3. Beat egg white until foamy; brush over pastry. Sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges loosely with foil.
  4. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 20-25 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 8 servings.


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