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I drove 75 miles to deliver apple cookbooks yesterday. Nebraska City, Nebraska is having an Applejack Festival this weekend, September 18-19, and Tree Adventure at Arbor Day Farm needed more books. I wanted to make sure they had them in time.
Arbor Day Farm is owned and operated by The National Arbor Day Foundation which is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting tree planting and conservation throughout the United States. There are lots of signs at Arbor Day Farm to “Plant Trees”.
While there I stopped to buy some apples and had a piece of apple pie. The pie was absolutely delicious. (I don’t usually do this, but they looked and smelled very inviting)!
It was a beautiful fall day. As you drive into the area you see many, many apple trees still loaded down with fruit. That is what fall is all about! That is why I love what I do.
In one of the apple cookbooks I delivered, Apples, Apples Everywhere – Favorite Recipes from America’s Orchards, there is a write-up about the Orchard at Arbor Day Farm and one of their favorite recipes.
I now share the recipe with you that was shared with me for the cookbook:
Apple Pie A’Plenty
Filling
8 cups sliced apples (Jonathan makes great pies)
2 – 2 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Topping
1 1/2 cups flour
2/3 cups sugar
12 tablespoons butter or margaring
Make pastry for a double crust pie. Pat pastry into a 9 x 13 inch pan, forming and crimping edges as usual. Peel and thinly slice enough apples (about 8 cups) to fill pastry lined pan. Combine apples with sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Place this apple filling mixture in pan and sprinkle with topping. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 1 hour or until done. Servings: 15-18
I hope you get to visit an orchard this week-end. If you are at the Applejack Festival in Nebraska City, make sure you visit Tree Connection at Arbor Day Farm and ask for my apple cookbooks!
Best to you,
Lee Jackson
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