Help with Recipes

[*Anya*]

I love and adore apple pie but I am a failure at pie crust. I always do something wrong and it is usually like shoe leather

My youngest daughter makes the lightest, flakiest crust. *Sigh*

Now I can't eat the carbs anyway so maybe it is for the best!

Your pie sounds awesome Kätzchen!!

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

This afternoon, I noticed that I had several Golden apples that needed to be used, so I made an interesting apple pie, that's baking in the oven right now. If you want to try making an apple pie, here's how I made my current dish:

Brown Sugar Apple Pie with Lemon

4-5 small to medium sized Golden apples.
1 small lemon
1 c Brown Sugar
3 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Allspice
1/2 c. Flour
3-4 pats of salted butter

Pie Crust:

2 c. Flour
1/2 tsp salt
Dash of Cream of Tatar
1/2 c. Softened Coconut oil (not liquid state).
Cup of ice cold water.

Prep time: half hour or so.
Baking time: 30-40 minutes.
Oven Temp: 375*

Directions:

1) wash apples, cut into quarters, remove core from quartered sections, slice each quarter into small sizes, rinse apple cutlets off, then put them aside in a clean bowl. Cut lemon in half, then squeeze the juice from one half of the lemon over the apples.

2) In another clean mixing bowl, put your flour, salt abd Cream of Tarter, for the pie crust, into the bowl. Cut, with an fork and butter knife, the coconut oil into the flour until the flour concoction resembles little beaded marbles. Next, use tiny bits of the ice cold water and knead it into the pie dough, lightly and quickly, until you can form the dough into a ball. Divide the pie dough into 2 dough balls. Use wax paper or parchment paper to roll each dough ball.out into the shape and depth of the pie dish.

3) Place one sheet of pie dough into the pie dish. Arrange the apple cutlets into the pie crust shell. You should have enough apple cutlets that it will mound up nicely inside the pie dish.

4) In another small mixing dish, combine the half cup of flour, 1cup of Brown sugar and spices. Stir it up until it's mixed up well, together. Use almost all of it to sprinkle over the apple cutlets in the pie crust shell. Place pats of butter in alternate arrangement atop the pie. Squeeze the juice of the other lemon across the floured, sugared, spiced mixture.

5) Place other rolled out pie dough ball over the top of the pie. Seal the edges of the pie crusts by squeezing them together, as you tuck the crusts into the pie shell.as you move circular around the pie dish. Use the tiny left over portion of floured, sugared, spiced mixture to sprinkle across the top of the finished pie.

6) Place pie in oven which is preheated to 375*. Bake for nearly 30-40 minutes. Check frequently after the 30 minute mark to make sure the crust is browning nicely, but also to make sure you don't burn the crust. Once the crust is nicely browned, turn the oven off. Remove pie from oven and let the pie cool... for about 20 minutes.

7) Enjoy.

[Kätzchen]

Oh! I totally know what you mean about pie crust that is over worked to the point that it's like tough shoe leather or worse, similar to...ummmm.... concrete.

So glad you brought that up Anya because I realism now that I left out an important fact about making pie crust. While it's true that you need to work with the dough in light, quick strokes to form a dough ball....it's important too, though not over work the dough or try to form ball into a compact ball. It's important to Remember to lightly form and shape the ball....and to roll out the dough with the sane care: short quick strokes, not too much pressure, etc.

Also.... I double sift my flour. Presided flour is not enough. It needs to be sifted at least twice. It makes the flour easier to work with, increases the way it will rapidly accept the coconut oil and water.

Thanks for the compliment, Anya!

I am sorry to hear that you have to be careful with carbohydrates..... I think the way our bodies metabolize foods is a mystery to me. Hopefully you can indulge in chocolate. It's not a carb, right???

Originally Posted by *Anya*

I love and adore apple pie but I am a failure at pie crust. I always do something wrong and it is usually like shoe leather

My youngest daughter makes the lightest, flakiest crust. *Sigh*

Now I can't eat the carbs anyway so maybe it is for the best!

Your pie sounds awesome Kätzchen!!

[Gayandgray]

So I gave it a shot and made the over night oats! I googled it and it said u didn't have to use a glass jar, that plastic was fine. Someone suggested an empty peanut butter jar and since I planned on putting pb and bananas in mine, that's what I used. Well...... they came out so-so. I don't know if I really care for them? I will try again with the glass mason jar and maybe regular milk? I used soymilk.

[cricket26]

Originally Posted by Gayandgray

So I gave it a shot and made the over night oats! I googled it and it said u didn't have to use a glass jar, that plastic was fine. Someone suggested an empty peanut butter jar and since I planned on putting pb and bananas in mine, that's what I used. Well...... they came out so-so. I don't know if I really care for them? I will try again with the glass mason jar and maybe regular milk? I used soymilk.

did you use regular oats or steel cut?


i like the steel cut, and my gf likes regular, also i use almond milk (not the unsweetned kind)


i put them in tupperware type containers with twist on lids

[Gayandgray]

Originally Posted by cricket26

did you use regular oats or steel cut?


i like the steel cut, and my gf likes regular, also i use almond milk (not the unsweetned kind)


i put them in tupperware type containers with twist on lids

I used regular. How does the Tupperware work for you?

[Chad]

I am thinking about making chicken enchiladas today so I am working up a recipe in my head. I can poach the chicken, shred it, and then mix it with cream cheese for the filling. I want to make a green sauce. I have salsa verde so maybe I can use that some how.

Any suggestions?

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by Chad

I am thinking about making chicken enchiladas today so I am working up a recipe in my head. I can poach the chicken, shred it, and then mix it with cream cheese for the filling. I want to make a green sauce. I have salsa verde so maybe I can use that some how.

Any suggestions?

Sounds like you have the mixings all down, I'd use fresh tomotillios roasted and blended with 1/2 sweet onion, 1 fresh jalipino roasted and seeded, and 1 clove of garlic for the green sauce. saltnpepper totaste. I use a cup of orange juice and a table spoon of worschishire to poach the chicken, add fresh chopped celantro after shredding. Turn up the heat in the pan after the chicken comes out, while shredding chicken let the juices reduce by half, add back shredded chicken and sop up the flavor, then make the filling. Add some sauce to the bottom of tray, add enchelladas and cover with the rest of the sauce, add cheese to the top and bake for 15 minutes at 350*. Hot bubbly goodness.

[justkim]

Chad, you could also add diced green chili's and shredded cheese and even a can of cream of chicken soup to your filling mixture. Add some chicken broth to your salsa verde and you will have a fantastic green sauce. You could also make it yourself using fresh tomatillo's, white onion diced and a couple of jalapenos and bake them for about 20 minutes at 350. You'll want to cut your tomatillo's in half and you can add as many jalapenos that you want for extra kick. Once you baked all the ingredients I mentioned you can add them to your blender or food processor and blend away to a consistency that you like.
Thanks to the useless information that runs around in my head I have to share this handy little bit of information. You can use your hand mixer to shred your chicken breasts. Happy cooking!

Originally Posted by Chad

I am thinking about making chicken enchiladas today so I am working up a recipe in my head. I can poach the chicken, shred it, and then mix it with cream cheese for the filling. I want to make a green sauce. I have salsa verde so maybe I can use that some how.

Any suggestions?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Chad

I am thinking about making chicken enchiladas today so I am working up a recipe in my head. I can poach the chicken, shred it, and then mix it with cream cheese for the filling. I want to make a green sauce. I have salsa verde so maybe I can use that some how.

Any suggestions?

It worked! I made fried rice and I am eating it now. Yummy!

Thank you Knight and Cricket26.

[cricket26]

Originally Posted by Gayandgray

I used regular. How does the Tupperware work for you?

these are great for refrigerator oats! (rubbermaid makes them)