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Dec 4

Apple pie

The most famous American Pie!

Ingredients for crust

Ingredients for filling

 

Directions for pie crust

  1. Combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
  2. Add margarine.
  3. Mix using your hands.
  4. Add 1 tablespoon of ice water a time  and mix with your hands until you have a compact dough.
  5. Split the dough in 2 pieces.
  6. Put each dough in plastic wrap and put in the fridge at least 1 hour, up to 2 days.

Directions for filling

  1. Peel the apple, core it and cut in slices.
  2. In a bowl, add apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, flour, cinnamon, butter, salt, nutmeg,  and lemon zest.
  3. Stir all the ingredients and cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
  4. Keep refrigerated for 30 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 390º F.
  6. Remove one dough from the fridge and let at room temperature at least 10 minutes in order to soften.
  7. Spread flour sprinkles over a surface and put the dough.
  8. With your hands make a circle.
  9. Using a rolling pin spread the dough circle. The dough should be bigger than the pie plate.
  10. Roll in in the rolling pan the dough and then roll out over the pie plate.
  11. Press the pie dough down and to sides.
  12. Using scissors, trim the dough about 2 inches from the edge of the pie plate.
  13. Remove from the fridge the filling and fill the pie. Put in order the apples to fill all space inside the pie.
  14. Remove the second dough from the fridge.
  15. Spread flour sprinkles over the kitchen surface and put the dough.
  16. Make a circle with the dough.
  17. Using a rolling pin, spread the dough circle.
  18. Roll in the dough in the rolling pin and roll out to cover the pie.
  19. Using your hands, seal the edges of the crust.
  20. Cut a small hole on the top of the crust to vent.
  21. Put in the oven for 50 to 55 minutes.

Suggestions

I love apple pie slice with two vanilla or butter pecan ice cream! Yummy !

Let cool before enjoy!

Nov 20

Pumpkin pie

This is a traditional pie for Thanksgiving day!

Ingredients for crust

Ingredients for filling

Directions for pie crust

  1. Combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
  2. Add margarine.
  3. Mix using your hands.
  4. Add 1 tablespoon of ice water a time  and mix with your hands until you have a compact dough.
  5. Split the dough in 2 pieces.
  6. Put each dough in plastic wrap and put in the fridge at least 1 hour, up to 2 days.
  7. Remove one dough from the fridge and let at room temperature at least 10 minutes in order to soften.
  8. Spread flour sprinkles over a surface and put the dough.
  9. With your hands make a circle.
  10. Using a rolling pin spread the dough circle. The dough should be bigger than the pie plate.
  11. Roll in in the rolling pan the dough and then roll out over the pie plate.
  12. Press the pie dough down and to sides.
  13. Using scissors, trim the dough about 1inche from the edge of the pie plate.
  14. Cover with plastic wrap and keep refrigerated.

Directions for filling

  1. Preheat oven to 400º F.
  2. In a medium-size bowl, combine pumpkin purée, sugars (granulated and brown), salt, ginger, cinnamon, and flour, and mix until combine.
  3. In small bowl, combine eggs, cream, milk, and vanilla, and beat lightly to mix.
  4. Pour the egg mixture into the pumpkin mixture, stirring to blend.
  5. Remove the pie shell from fridge and pour the filling into the shell.
  6. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until the filling is almost set. The center should still look slightly undercooked.
  7. Stop the oven and keep inside for 5 minutes. Residual heat will continue to cook the filling.
  8. Remove from the oven and let cool at room temperature before enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

Nov 13

Chocolate chip cookies

Here the recipe to bake 2 dozens of chocolate chip cookies! Enjoy!

Ingredients

 Directions

  1.  Preheat oven to 375º F.
  2. In a bowl, combine dry ingredients ; flour, salt and baking soda. Then, set aside.
  3. In a new bowl, combine brown sugar, softened butter, granulated sugar and vanilla. Beat until creamy using a whisk or electric mixer.
  4. Add eggs one a time and just mix.
  5. Add dry ingredients to batter and mix well.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips and mix.
  7. Using two spoons, drop mixture in small scoops over a greased oven tray.
  8. Bake 8 to 10 minutes.

Suggestions

You can put some chocolate chips over the scoop before put in the oven. After bake, you’ll have chocolate chips’ topped cookies.

Hand made chocolate chip cookies

Hand made chocolate chip cookies

Oct 8

Brownie

Brownie

Brownie. Image source : Wikipedia.

Brownie  is a popular chocolate kind of cake. You can eat it with coffee, milk or vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven at 350º F and grease a square 9” x 13” cake pan.
  2. In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
  3. When the butter is melted, add the sugar and stir until combine. Then, let it cook for another 2 minutes, stirring.
  4. Put the mixture in a bowl. It should be thick.
  5. Add the eggs, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and vanilla extract to the bowl. Mix well until combined. You can use a whisk or a electric mixer.
  6. Add the flour and mix with a silicone spatula until combine.
  7. Stir with whisk for 1 or 2 minutes.
  8. Optional. Add chocolate chips and/or pecan nuts and stir until well combined.
  9. Pour the batter into a greased pan.
  10. Bake for about 30 minutes. To know if the brownie if ready, you can insert a toothpick. If it comes out semi-clean, it’s ready.

Serving suggestion

  1. Cut in pieces of about 2 inches.
  2. In a plate, put 2 pieces.
  3. Put the plate in the microwave 20 seconds.
  4. Add 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream.