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I Really Want Some Apple Pie

I woke up the other day thinking, I really want some apple pie. So I decided to attempt to make one. After all, how hard could it be, I have had apple pie so many times, so many different ways...I went off to my kitchen to see what I had. Now, I know to caramelize apples, I need butter for sure. So butter...check. I had brown sugar and cinnamon...check and check. And flour...all in my cabinets. I had apples too, so with the McDonald's apple pie in mind, all I needed was a pocket for my ingredients. Last but not least I went to my favorite tool...the Internet, The Food Network. Low and behold I found exactly what I was looking for, now based on what I had in the house, I tweaked it so I would not have to spend extra money, after all I am always on the look out for the cost effective way to do things and this recipe takes 20 minutes. The only thing that I purchased was the pie crust for $3.49 and the Gala Apples for $.69 and the unsalted butter, store brand for $1.29. Total cost. $5.47 for 8 little pies. See recipe below. Hot or Cold, tastes great with ice cream or a cup of coffee. Enjoy!  ❀Yvonne

Fried Apple pie

•4 tablespoons unsalted butter

•1/4 cup light brown sugar (I used dark brown)

•2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and chopped

•2 Gala apples, peeled, cored and chopped

•1 tablespoon maple syrup

•1/2 lemon, juiced (I used about a tablespoon)

•2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, divided

•1/4 teaspoon ground ginger(Didn't have any)

•1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg(Didn't have any)

•1 box ready-made pie crusts (recommended: Pillsbury)

•Peanut oil, for frying

•1/2 cup granulated sugar

•1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Yvonne's Fried Apple Pie

-To a large saute pan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar, and the apples and saute until they are tender, about 5 to 6 minutes. Drizzle in the maple syrup, lemon juice, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Continue cooking for 5 minutes more until the apples are completely softened. Remove them from the pan and allow them to cool while you prepare the dough.

-Roll out(not with a rolling pin) both pieces of pie dough onto a floured surface. Cut out 8 (6-inch) circles and lay them out onto a parchment-lined sheet tray. Put a heaping tablespoon of the apple pie filling into the center of each round Fold the circles in half and seal their edges with the tines of a fork.

-In a deep-fryer or heavy-bottomed pot, heat enough peanut oil to come halfway up the sides of the pot, to 350 degrees F.

-Whisk together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and reserve.

-Fry the pies, 3 at a time, in the hot peanut oil until they are golden brown and crisp, about 3 minutes. Transfer the finished pies to a paper towel-lined sheet tray. Once they are cool, toss them in the cinnamon sugar.

So What Do I Do W/This Left Over Buttermilk ?

…what else but make some Red Velvet Cupcakes…but there's still buttermilk left over and I hate to waste so, Buttermilk Pancakes it is. I found a great recipe for buttermilk pancakes and they were pretty scrumptious. I'll post the recipe on our EveryBuddy Bakes page.

❀Chyna (sheesh, look @ that thumb, gotta do my nails, pretend you don't see that☺)

MM MM MM, Carrott Cupcakes w/a Ginger Spice Cream Cheese Frosting

I love, love, carrot cake, I do...like that's my Birthday cake. I'm not into traditional birthday cakes with butter cream frosting. Even as a little girl I didn't eat birthday cake, not even my own or enjoyed the frosting at all. I prefer cream cheese frosting, I mean I abuse it!! One year, 2002, my husband, then boyfriend bought me a carrot birthday cake from a bakery in New Jersey called Calandra's Bakery. That was the beginning of my love and need for a carrot cake for my birthday every year. The following year, 2003, he decided since he knows I love coffee, he would buy me a Cappuccino cake. Ummm, although the cake was ok, it was not fabulous, and definitely not a carrot cake. Besides I think the best frosting ever, again is a nice cream cheese frosting. Not overly sweet, just enough sweetness where you can still taste the cream cheese, yum! Needless to say, he absolutely knows from that point on that I'll always prefer a carrot birthday cake. Oddly enough, as much as I adore carrot cake and have intentions on making one, I never have. Until last night that is. I'm on a quest to find or at least alter a carrot cake recipe that makes my heart sing. So last night I compared two recipes, sifted through the ingredients I like and made my first carrot cupcakes. It was good, moist, but tasted more like a muffin. Using whole wheat pastry flour due to circumstances beyond my control, (didn't feel like going to the market to pick up white flour, aah it was late), probably contributed highly to the fact of it tasting more like a scrumptious carrot bran muffin. Nice flavor, sweet w/a little spice. Reminiscent of sweet potato pancakes, I had @ Melba's in New York. Anyhoo, I'm going to keep grating carrots until I create the best carrot cupcakes, well best, relatively speaking!

PS Grating carrots have got to be the worse part about making a this cake. It took my two little sisters and I to finely hand grate enough carrots to make only 1 1/2 cups of carrots, thank goodness I opted to make only 12 cupcakes. I can't imagine how long it would have taken if I needed 3 cups. I wonder if they sell a fine grate attachment for my food processor. I have to find out as I attempt another carrot cake recipe! ❀Chyna