Baking Up Another Tasty Meme

[shanmonster]

This time, your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to bake a pie and share it with someone. Then share the recipe for those who aren't close enough to have a slice of the real thing.

I think tonight I shall bake an apple pie. Want some?

Comments

[ltmurnau.livejournal.com]

Does it have to be a pie? I have a good recipe for currant cake that you make in a frying pan. Great with butter and jam.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

The nice thing about memes is you can either ignore or subvert them. Bring on the cakes!

[ltmurnau.livejournal.com]

Okay!
Love your icons, by the way....

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Thanks! f00dave is the photographer.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I want *your* pie too!

I'm making squash. mmm..... pie...

'tis the season down here, I guess :)

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Here's what I'm making....

better then apple pie

[phoenix532.livejournal.com]

Beautiful Baked Apples

Ingredients

For the apples:

6 large Rome apples, cored and peeled
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup apple cider or applejack
1/2 cup grenadine


For the syrup:

1 cup apple cider
3 tablespoons dark rum
3 tablespoons applejack
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
2 cups sugar

1 quart vanilla ice cream.

Instructions

1. For the Rome apples, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Place the apples in a baking dish.

Combine the brown sugar and cinnamon and stuff in the apple cavities.

Mix cider with grenadine and drizzle over the apples.

Bake until tender, about 1 hour, basting every 5 minutes.

Cool to room temperature.

2. For the syrup, dice the Granny Smith apples into 1/4-inch cubes.

Over medium-high heat, cook sugar and cider until sugar is caramelized, about 30 minutes.

Add rum and appleack and cook 1 minute.

Remove from heat and stir in the diced apples.

Ladle the warm syrup over the baked apples. Top with vanilla ice cream.

Serve.

Re: better then apple pie

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

That sounds really good! I think I'll try that next time around. My caramel apple pie is already cooling on the table.

Re: better then apple pie

[phoenix532.livejournal.com]

I liked your Your caramel apple pie recipe. I plan on making it next week.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

You don't like pie! Horrors! You sound like a variety of my Mom, who loathes chocolate. Blasphemy!

Still, the Chocolate Berry Torte does sound awfully good.

I don't think the local shelter accepts homemade goods, but I should check. It would be a good place to take excess cookies.