Apple Pie Meditations

So, I am working on the perfect apple pie.

My family likes it soft... no chewy chunks of fruit... and spicy, so we use nutmeg in it, like a McDonalds pie. now, I have my own home canned apple chunks that I'm using for filling. Thing is I'm likely to run out of those before I perfect my pie, and I suspect that the type of apple you use has a lot to do with the price of rice here.

so far, I take about 3 pints of my home canned , home grown apples ( green and red.. not sure what kinds they were) and I put in three tablespoons of lemon juice, 2 cups of sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 teaspoons of nutmeg and one of ginger, a dash of salt, a cup of flour and 3 tbls of cornstarch. its like Apple spice pudding when I get through with it. I mash the mixture a touch with a potato masher.

I am at the moment, experimenting with a rebake. A dutch apple I made today came out half baked, due to my pre historic oven and probably the density of the crumb topping. I'll let you all know how the rebake goes.