About a month ago, we had a random cold weekend here in DC, and while most of the normal people chose to hunker down and wait it out, I decided it was a perfect weekend to visit the orchard. Not only did the roommate and I find the most amazing orchard with extra delicious apple cider (http://pickyourown.com/), but we found out that we have been doing this orchard thing wrong the whole time! Each year we usually wait until middle to late October to pick our apples, which leads us to spend about 3 hours looking for just enough apples to make the trip seem worth it. Of course this has other consequences, like the roommate hating this whole apple picking process. The cold weekend that we chose to embark in our orchard adventure occurred in early October this year and we were just amazed when we were able to fill our bag with a variety of apples in less than 45 minutes. We both walked into the first row of trees, stopped, and stared at each other in amazement that there were actually apples on the trees! I think I have changed the roommate’s attitude toward apple picking now that we know when and where to go…we will found out in early October next year.
While I did not match the 20 lbs of apples that we came home with last year, I did have plenty of apples to make delicious goodies with. Let’s start with this delicious dutch apple pie (and I didn’t even have to mess with pesky pie dough).
Dutch Apple Pie via Cutting Edge of Ordinary
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup quick cooked oats (I didn’t use quick cook, came out great)
3/4 cup butter, melted
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons of corn starch
1 1/4 cups cold water
3 cups diced, peeled apples (about 3 medium)
2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pour apple mixture into pie crust, top with reserved topping mixture. Bake at 350 for 40 – 45 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
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