Apple Pie
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- ~6 small apples or 3-4 large, peeled and thinly sliced
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare pie crust / pan bottom, set aside top.
Stir sugar and spices into small or medium bowl.
Peel apples, slice thinly into bowl slightly larger than pie crust/pan.
apple slices should be ~1/16” or ~1mm. If you shake a slice back and forth it should wiggle instead of being solid
When you’ve peeled a heaping amount into the bowl, using both hands mix with sugar and spices by thirds, separating apple slices.
Spread heapingly into pie crust / pan bottom.
Dot with slices of butter or margarine.
Cover with pie crust top, press together edges, slice top to allow steam to vent.
Cover crust edges with aluminum foil.
Bake at 425 for 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and juice bubbles through slits.
Remove aluminum foil for last ~5 minutes.
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Chocolate Clusters
- 12 oz chocolate chips (one bag)
- 12 oz butterscotch chips (one bag)
- 1 3/4 cup salted cashews or salted peanuts
- 1 3/4 cup chow mein noodles
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave (or double-boiler) until creamy and smooth
Gently stir in chow mein noodles and nuts
Drop onto waxed paper, roughly the size of golf balls
Refrigerate 4+ hours, remove from waxed paper and serve
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Pizza Dough
- 1 /12 tsp yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- sauce + cheese + toppings
Dissolve yeast in warm water
When fully dissolved, add remaining ingredients in order listed
Dough should be slightly sticky and pull away from sides of bowl
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface (slightly more flour if dough is more sticky)
Knead 20 times, let rest 5 minutes
Knead 10 more times, let rest 15 minutes
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
Roll dough flat to be ~1/4” thick, transfer to cooking surface (pizza stone or lightly greased pan)
Blind bake crust (no toppings!) for ~5-10 minutes at 425 degrees until crust is almost cooked
Remove, top with sauce, cheese, toppings
Return to oven for ~5-10 minutes more until cheese melts and begins to bubble
Remove from oven, slice and serve
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Lemon Pie
- 1 box (~16oz) ‘Nilla Wafers
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 whole lemons
Select enough ‘Nilla Wafers to stand upright around pie pan edge
Roughly layer bottom with ‘Nilla Wafers (broken and laying flat is preferable)
Crumble most of remaining ‘Nilla Wafers and layer over bottom, covering all visible parts of the pan
Zest/grate a single lemon peel into bowl
Juice both lemons into zest, straining seeds
Empty condensed milk into juice and zest, mixing thoroughly
Gently layer condensed milk mixture over crumbled ‘Nilla Wafers
Cover, refrigerate overnight
Serve with whipped cream
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