Good Dinner Mrs. Mellen

Good Dinner Mellen loves pies and one of my favorite pie to bake is apple. I love the smell of apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice baking in the oven; the scent escaping throughout the kitchen. Who can resit a piece of warm apple pie topped with rich vanilla ice cream. Pastry : 2 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar (optional) 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter 1/4 to 1/2 cup ice  water Measure flour and salt into a bowl. Cut into  butter  thoroughly with a pastry blender.  Sprinkle in the water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing with a fork until flour is moistened and dough almost cleans the side of the bow l . Gather the dough into a ball, then shape, divide the dough in half and shape into 2 flattened rounds.) Chill dough for at least one hour.  On a lightly floured  board r oll  each  dough rounds 2 inches larger all around than the inverted pie pan. Place past ry on  parchment  or wax  paper  ...

Fall at it's best with fresh picked apples baked in a rich pound cake with crumb topping and caramel drizzled on top. Richly flavored with just a hint of orange juice, cinnamon and crisp tart apples. I used Granny Smith Apples in this cake for their tart flavor along with a firm consistency after baking. In this cake I want to bit into the apple with each bite as if I just had reach up picking the apple right off the tree. As gorgeous as this cake looks it is quite easy to make. Delicious, dazzling, easy to duplicate, what could be better.  Candied Apple Crumb Cake Cake 4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup oil 1 cup orange juice 3 large eggs (4 if small) 1 teaspoon vanilla Apple Filling  4 Granny Smith Apples peeled and slice 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoon cinnamon Crumb Topping 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Carame...