apple pie

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Falling leaves, misty mornings, the cows have been brought in, bonfire night has gone off with a bang, it must be Autumn and time for apple pie. Method: I made a standard sweet shortcrust pastry, blind-baked the crust (controversial I know, but no-one wants a soggy bottom, do they?), cooked the apples before putting them in and made a lattice top. The lattice is easier than it looks, just a matter of cutting equal width strips, laying some of them side by side and weaving others through, then carefully placing on top of the pie. Brushed with egg yolk, I baked it for about 40Read More →

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The only answer of course is YES!  I felt like something nutty, so I thought I would try the “Cinnamon walnut coffee cake” from Anne Shooter’s “Sesame & Spice” book. It doesn’t have coffee in it, but it’s called a coffee cake because confusingly some people call cakes that are to be eaten with coffee, coffee cakes, whatever they have in them. It’s a lovely moist cake because of the sour cream, and went down very well. The only thing I would say is that it expanded more than expected and managed to escape from the tin slightly, so I would recommend using a largerRead More →