Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. December 1-2, 2004

12-1-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry. 'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)












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Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[tuliptree76]

Good morning!

[Laura Earl]

Can't I have my usual Granny Smith?

[tuliptree76]

Well, today is Eat a Red Apple day. So unless you have the granny smith in a pie, then I don't think that is allowed. ;-)

[Laura Earl]

rats!

[JustAmy]

Classic Pecan Pie
Makes Serves 8

1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
9" unbaked pie crust
1-1/2 cups hand picked (Ah c'mon!) pecan halves

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and butter. Stir mixture constantly while cooking over slow heat. Stir until sugar dissolves and butter is fully melted.

Remove from heat. It is very important that you let this mixture cool.

Add eggs, vanilla and salt to the cooled mixture. Stir well.

Fill pie crust with mixture and top with pecan halves.

Start in the very center of the pie and hand place each pecan starting with a large pecan half in the middle. Place the pecan halves to form rings or circles of connecting pecan halves. Continue making additional rings of pecan halves until you have covered the pie. This takes extra time, but makes this pecan pie a classic.

Bake at 325 degrees for 50 - 55 minutes


Happy Pie Day!!

[JustAmy]

Hope you tossed the Pumpkin Pie!! You must try this pie.


Layered Pecan Pie

1 (8oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
I tsp vanilla
1 unbaked 9" pastry shell
1 1/4 cup chopped pecans
3 eggs
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Combine first 3 ingredients; beat until smooth.
Add one egg and I tsp vanilla, beating until combined; spoon into pasty shell. Sprinkle with pecans. Set aside.

Combine 3 eggs, corn syrup, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla; beat well and pour over pecans.

Bake at 375 F for 35-40 minutes or until set.


( I had to bake mine about 45 minutes)

This is yummy ladies, and a sure way to a man's heart! :-)

Submitted by LadyinRed


Happy Pie Day!

[JustAmy]

HAPPY Eat a Red Apple Day!


Orignal Apple Pie

Ingredients:

For Pie Dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. granulated sugar
1/3 cup Plus 1 tbsp. shortening
3-6 tbsp. of milk, water or buttermilk

Apple Pie Filling:

6 to 7 large apples
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3 tbsp. tapioca(instant)or flour
2 tbsp. butter diced
1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

For Crust:
Combine flour, salt, and shortening in medium size mixing bowl.
With pastry blender, mix until flour mixture looks like bread crumbs. Add milk or water to mixture. Mix until you have formed dough into a ball. Divide dough into 2 balls, and put balls of dough into 2 separate plastic sandwich bags and shape each bag with dough like a disk or hamburger patty; chill for at least 30 minutes.

Roll out one disc of chilled dough on a lightly floured surface to 11 or 12 inches in diameter and about 1/8 inch in thickness, or until you can see your fingers underneath the dough. Turn dough often. With rolling pin, use center out motions to roll out dough.

Gently lift the dough over rollong pin and place in 9-inch pie pan. Gently crimp egdes.

Peel the apples with a vegetable peeler. Take out the core, preferrably with a melon baller or apple corer. Slice apples into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Put into a large mixing bowl.

Add all other ingredeients: the sugar, tapioca, salt, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the sliced apples and mix well.
Let sit for 10 minutes.

Remove the 2nd disc of dough for top crust that has been chilled, and roll out on a lightly floured surface to about 11 or 12 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch in thickness.

Put filling in pie pan with bottom crust, cut butter into squares and dot butter squares onto apple filling, and top with top crust. Cut off excess dough around edges. Crimp edges of top crust.

Make your own foil strip about 3" wide by 32" long. Cover the edges of the pie pan so the crust won't burn. Remove pie strip 10 minutess before done baking.

Place pie pan on cookie sheet. Bake at 425 degrees F for 20 minutess; then turn down heat to 400 degrees F and continue to bake for 40-45 minutes more. Bake until top is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

Let cool on rack for 30 to 40 minutes.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Rus!!

Hope your day is lovely.

[JustAmy]

American civil rights activist Rosa Parks,
whose refusal to give up her seat for a white man
was the catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott.

Happy Rosa Parks Day.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Meekie.

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Darks.

Have a cool Wednesday! :)

[Darksheare]

Willdo, since it's rather easy today.
*chuckle*
It's cold, windy, and rainy at the moment.

So I, who needs to sun himself on a rock before being capable of movement in the morning, am finding the weather to be most distressing.
But I shall be warm in a bit.

(AND have tea as well, since the coffee is done with for the day.)

[JustAmy]

Since we are celebrating Pie Day,
how about some pie to go with your tea?

Have a Happy Pie Day!

[tuliptree76]

Today warmed up a bit. It's nice and sunny out. I'm glad the rain finally stopped. It rained the day I came back from vacation and didn't stop until this morning.

[tuliptree76]

Oh yum! That sounds good. I really like pie. :-)

[OESY]

And Happy Rosa Parks Day to you:

Parks received the Congressional Gold Medal
for bringing 'America home to our founders' dream'

[Diver Dave]

Pie! Pie?
Did I hear someone say PIE?

Yes Please.

[Darksheare]

Coffee Ice cream.
I'm cold, but I don't care.
Just gimme the ice cream!
*chuckle*

Speaking of which, I'll be right back.

[Darksheare]

Started raining last night, and the clouds overhead are oppressively dark and sinister.
Appearance is probably due to the wind whipping by at the moment.

[OESY]

And Happy Pie Day to you: