| Apr062009 | Apple Pie |
I really have to send out thanks to Joy the Baker because 1) her writing, photos and cooking all kick ass (and she’s pretty too, doesn’t that just make you angry and jealous?) and 2) she has a killer recipe for apple pie.
Jack’s first apple pie! :-O
So over the weekend, I had made two apple pies from scratch. Using the recipe, I somehow managed to cobble together my very own buttermilk pie crust. It wasn’t that long ago that I didn’t even know buttermilk was a thing; I know “butter” and I know “milk” but I did not know that another anomaly existed betwixt the two.
It’s a big achievement for me because baking has always been this big unknown to me. No one in my family is a baker and I’ve always avoided it because I thought it was an art that was far too anal about its measurements. To some extent, I still believe that but I’m quickly developing a love affair with dough because it is this crazy malleable beast that sometimes requires gentle coaxing and other times requires you to beat the shit out of it (all the Psych students reading this blog just got a raging boner).
For your information, the pie was delicious. If I were to make this again, I would change the apple slices into apple wedges for purely cosmetic reasons. Other than that, it’s perfection (especially if you eat it while it’s still warm). Over the course of this weekend, my girlfriend and I probably ate half a pie each and it’s probably time to switch to eating something else.
Other magnificent recipes that I have tried from Joy are:
- Her father’s buttermilk pancakes that are so fluffy and gorgeous
- Oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies that inspired more guilt in me than the Catholic church could ever manage
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