365 Days in a Year

Recipe #164: Apple Pie

This is a deep pie dish, so it used a lot of filling, but it was super delicious with vanilla ice cream!

You need:
pie crust recipe (found here)
1/2 apple crisp recipe
apple crisp filling (both found here)

put the crust in the pie plate
add the apple filling
top with crust
bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until top is brown

Make extra pie crust to make the pumpkin pies found here! :)

Recipe #163: Pumpkin Pie

Great pie thanks to the recipe on the back of the Libby's pumpkin can! :)
You need:

1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
4 large eggs
1 can (29 oz) pure pumpkin
2 cans evaporated milk
2 unbaked 9 inch pie crusts

Mix sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves in a small bowl.
Beat eggs in a large bowl
stir in pumpkin and spice mixture
stir in evaporated milk
pour into pie shells
baking a preheated 425 oven for 15 minutes
reduce temp to 350 and bake for 40-50 minutes

the good think is pumpkin pies improve with age! :)

perfect with a dollup of whipped cream!

Recipe #162: Garlic Herb Mashed Potatoes

You need:
5-6 potatoes, peeled and cut into big chunks
1 cup sour cream
1 Tbsp minced garlic
pinches (or more!) of rosemary and thyme

boil potatoes until soft
mix up garlic and herbs in the sour cream
Pour out water and mash potatoes up
add sour cream mixture and stir until smooth

Recipe #161: Gravy

Transfer juice from turkey into a pan.
Make a mixture of flour and water (equal parts)
add to juice over low heat
continue to stir until gravy thickens
you made need to keep making the flour mixture

I love my mom's stuffing. Love it! She has used this one for a long time, I think it is from the Betty Crocker cookbook.

You need:
3/4 cup minced onion
1 1/2 cup chopped celery
1 cup margarine
9 cups bread cubes (I used whole wheat)
2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp crushed sage leaves
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp pepper

In a large skillet cook and stir onion and celery in butter until onion is tender. add spices
stir in bread.
stuff turkey just before roasting
makes 9 cups enough for 12 lb turkey (I doubled the recipe)