Wednesday, February 4, 2015

My very first home made Apple Pie... and I dedicate it to my Mama

       A domestic goddess I am not, I know the basics around the kitchen, JUST the basics..  but every now and again I like to try something I've never done before... ok, so I know making a pie from scratch isn't that daring.. LOL and I'm sure to some it's piece of cake... or pie! I wanted that yummy goodness I remember from when I was little and got a big ole piece of my mama's pie.. well that didn't happen! Why.. cause my mama didn't make it.. I did.. and I wish I had helped her more in the kitchen, wearing an apron and a cute girly dress instead of catching crawdads and minnows in the creek with the boys and falling out of trees that I wasn't supposed to be up in to start with.  You know, I think I was 8 before I finally stopped going to the first day of school each year with a busted lip from falling out of a tree... hmm  lol  
      I was the first grandchild born, and my papa sooo wanted a boy.. after all, it was his first  born son who was giving him this little bundle of joy.. but alas, that was not meant to be.. out popped a little girl.. he said put it back.. lol    You see papa was very outdoorsy... loved fishing and hunting..  well just so happens, my cousin was born a few days later.. and he got his boy.. but what do you think happend?? Yes, I became a little tomboy.. because after the two of us were born.. along came 3 more boys!  So you see, it's not ALL my fault... finally the family grew a little more, and I got some girly cousins.. but by then the damage had been done.   Mom tried to dress me up and curl my long blond hair.. (sleeping on those itchy curlers) YUCK!  Frogs don't care if you have pretty hair!  LOL
      My mama never worked outside the home, and never learned to drive.. she was very content taking care of everyone, cooking and cleaning and wiping away tears and mending bloody noses and knees.   We were always gone somewhere camping and fishing.. and she took everyone.. she ended up with 9 grandkids.. She had 1 son, and 3 daughters, 2 of which were twins, and one of them had twins...and I've lost count on the great grandkids.... we laid my grandma to rest this past Christmas.. 28 yrs. after loosing papa.  She never remarried, her soul mate was gone.. and now they are together once more.

      I documented each step and made a little short film.. Brushing the melted sugary gooey liquid on the top was almost like painting, and it smelled sooo good while baking.  I've added the full recipe in case you want to make your own Apple Pie from scratch!
      Thanks for listening to me ramble on!



Apple Pie from scratch from Mindy on Vimeo.

  

For the filling, I had made fried apples for breakfast the day before.. which is pretty simple, peel and core the apple, dice it up, put it in a pot with some water, butter, sugar and cinnamon.. I didn't measure any of it...  If you want, you can pop open a can of your favorite pie filling instead.  :)  

11 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness...that is awesome. ..LOVE your story and your video...see I am getting to learn about you now!!! I slept in foam rollers all the way through college and beyond...now I do pin curls sometimes...lol

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  2. Thank you Charlotte! My hair is as straight..wasn't meant to be curly.. lol mom paid $60 way back when so I could sit in a chair for 2 hours for a spiral perm put in my almost waist length hair..only to have it fall out the next day.
    ~ Learning is fun and knowledge is power! ~

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  3. I have always been intimidated making an apple pie as my husbands grandmother and mother were amazing apple pie makers! Theirs would be hard to beat! I do love to cook and bake.....but pie crust is not always my friend. And they left no recipe behind......it was always a litttle of this and that and a pinch of this......was how they cooked. I recently made my first apple pie with a crumble topping.....which came out quite good.....thaks for sharing your recipe!

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  4. It's hard to follow in someone else's footsteps.. especially when food is concerned! What did you use for your crumble topping?

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  5. I enjoyed your post :) I came over from Charlotte's blog.
    Kim

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    1. Thank you Kim!! Isn't Charlotte a HOOT! lol

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  6. I so loved watching you make your apple pie. Looked so yummy!! Great blog post :)

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    1. Thank you Tracy! It was actually fun to make too!

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  7. Lol.. loved your video and your post.. Mindy.. following you now too.. xx

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  8. Looks yummy! I learned how to make my apple pie from a cookbook. My mom wasn't much of a pie baker but she did make other goodies like Jewish Apple Cake, Pumpkin Bread and Banana Bread. Much easier I guess than making pies.

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    1. I learned from Google! lol All those sound a lot harder to make than Pie, and I bet they were yummy too!

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