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Tale of an Apple Crisp Recipe

by Kay~Kacey on 11/19/2010

Ah, the weather turns cold and I crave apple crisp. It’s just a fact of life.

This apple crisp recipe is from the church I went to when I was growing up. Every 10 years or so, the women of the church would put together a cookbook for a fundraiser. When this one was published, I’m sure I didn’t even cook yet…I was probably at the “don’t touch the stove, it’s hot” age.

A matter of fact, the only reason I have this cookbook now, is that my grandmother got a copy of it, and I inherited it from her. Complete with her notes in it. :heart: It has a drawing of our church…before the numerous additions were added on. A cute little sanctuary and some classrooms and offices. My parents still go to that church, and their minister married SuperGuy & I at my parents’ home. It has a bunch of down home  cooking delicious recipes in it. Anyway…

You can see the cookbook is well loved and well worn. This apple crisp recipe is from the Audrey Hindman, wife of the wonderful man who was minister of the church at that time.

Apple Crisp Recipe

Grease 8 inch square pan

5-6 peeled and sliced cooking apples. (I use Jonathan or Granny Smith)

Sprinkle apples with lemon juice

Mix togehter:

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

3/4 cup rolled oats (quick)

1 stick oleo (butter)

1 tablespoon cinnamon (okay, I cheat and use more and a sprinkle of white sugar)

Pour mixture over sliced apples. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes until apples are cooked. Delicious with ice cream! Serves 5-6

Thank you Mrs. Hindman for a recipe I’ve baked and enjoyed for years and years.

Enjoy, my friends.

Homemade Mustard Recipe

by Kay~Kacey on 12/17/2009

The best homemade mustard recipe ever. Compliments of my mother. Warning! This mustard is spicy hot!

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You take 4 oz of dry mustard.

white vinegar

Add in one cup white vinegar. Mix with a beater in a saucepan. Let sit overnight.

THE NEXT DAY:

eggs

Take 3 eggs and beat them well. Add to the mustard mixture.

sugar

Add in one cup of sugar. (no low calorie recipe here!)

cook over low heat

Cook over low heat. Really low. Stir it often. Cook until it starts to thicken.

cook mustard

With any luck you’ll find a sucker willing participant to do some stirring while you partake of your favorite beverage. (I like that word, partake!)

Anyway, cook until it thickens. If you cook it too quickly, the eggs might cook a bit (they’ll look like tiny pieces of scrambled eggs. Not to worry! Just pour the mustard through a strainer.) Once the mustard has thickened, pour into canning jars. I use small half pint mason jars.

homemade mustard

This mustard is a great hostess gift. Add a label and ribbon and you’re set to go. We really like this mustard with a slice of brie on a stone ground cracker. Yum.

4 oz. dry mustard
1 cup vinegar
(mix and let set overnight)

1 cup sugar
3 eggs-beaten well
Add to mixture and cook slowly over low heat until thickens. Maybe 20 minutes?

STORE IN REFRIGERATOR

I double this homemade mustard recipe to make the 6 half pint jars. Enjoy!

One Thing I Love About Fall

by Kay~Kacey on 10/26/2009

One thing I love about fall? Apples!

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Seriously. Crisp, cold apples. These are Granny Smith apples, probably my favorite. Well, except for when I’m baking apple pies. Then I use Jonathan apples. Why? Because my mother and my grandmother made apple pies from Jonathan apples, why else?? :crazy:

Apples are great dipped in caramel. Yum. [I did have dipped in Carmel, you know, like the place in California…] :coffee2:

Apples are also great to dip in my Fabulous Swiss Fondue.  Okay, okay…I confess…it’s SuperGuy’s recipe. I saw that he bought all the ingredients when he went to the grocery store this weekend. (I told you he was a keeper!). I’m hoping he’s going to make it for dinner. No, really, hop on over to that link and check out that recipe. To die for yummy.

Anyway, what was the point of this post???….. Oh, apples…I love ’em. Do you have any to die for apple recipes? I need to dig up my apple crisp recipe and share it with you…