today i have a recipe for you! isn't that a miracle? its one i've made several times and have been told by my father-in-law that its the best damn apple pie ever! quite the honor! he can be a big food critic. i see where bud gets it from... however bud is MUCH tougher and even he loves it! anyway - here is my recipe for dutch apple pie! yum!
recipe: dutch apple pie!
ingredients
crust
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening (or butter)
4-5 tbsp. ice water
pie filling
7 apples peeled, cored and sliced thin
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
crumble topping
1/3 c. sugar
3/4 c. flour
6 tbsp. butter
directions:
crust: mix flour and salt. cut in shortening. sprinkle with water and toss with a fork until the dough balls up. best results if you make this ahead of time and allow the crust to be refrigerated for an hour. turn onto floured surface. with the side of your hand, make 3 "karate chops" in one direction; then 3 more at the right angle. sprinkle with flour. roll with floured rolling pin to fit a 9 inch pie tin. flute the edges.
pie filling:
mix filling ingredients together. pour into pie plate.
crumble topping:
cut butter and sugar into flour (similarly to the technique used for the crust). sprinkle/mold over the apples. pat with a spoon.
bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes. you'll want to have a cookie sheet underneath the tin so that when the pie bubbles while cooking, you don't get apple gook everywhere! and that's it! not terribly difficult and the end result, no matter what it looks like, is delicious! (i say that because my friends becky and mike didn't realize my pie was a crumble top so they said my pie looked messy!)
recipe: dutch apple pie!
ingredients
crust
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup shortening (or butter)
4-5 tbsp. ice water
pie filling
7 apples peeled, cored and sliced thin
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
crumble topping
1/3 c. sugar
3/4 c. flour
6 tbsp. butter
directions:
crust: mix flour and salt. cut in shortening. sprinkle with water and toss with a fork until the dough balls up. best results if you make this ahead of time and allow the crust to be refrigerated for an hour. turn onto floured surface. with the side of your hand, make 3 "karate chops" in one direction; then 3 more at the right angle. sprinkle with flour. roll with floured rolling pin to fit a 9 inch pie tin. flute the edges.
pie filling:
mix filling ingredients together. pour into pie plate.
crumble topping:
cut butter and sugar into flour (similarly to the technique used for the crust). sprinkle/mold over the apples. pat with a spoon.
bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes. you'll want to have a cookie sheet underneath the tin so that when the pie bubbles while cooking, you don't get apple gook everywhere! and that's it! not terribly difficult and the end result, no matter what it looks like, is delicious! (i say that because my friends becky and mike didn't realize my pie was a crumble top so they said my pie looked messy!)
yum! enjoy!
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lately i've been thinking of marriage and the depth of what it truly is. partially because my best friend just got married and i got to witness the coming together of two lovely people, who are now one. also, bud and i are coming up on our 4 year anniversary. in 2 days we will have been married for 4 years! 1460 days! 8760 hours! 2102400 minutes! (i think i did the math right... math is not my strength.) anyway - i love my husband more and more each day. but there is a time that the butterflies fade, the warm gooey feelings calm themselves and sometimes that can be kind of scary. in the movies and on television, you see couples who have relationships that seem to never have dull moments, that they are always hopelessly romantically in love and ready to take one another in their arms and embrace all night. there was a time that bud and i were like that. but we aren't like that now and sometimes that makes me sad.
however, i understand it. we have things in life that are demanding and not enough minutes and hours in the day. if we could, i think we'd spend at least 2 hours in bed everyday—not necessarily doing anything, just talking about life, thoughts, and dreams. we'd spend time doing things we love to do together and we'd spend more time together in the word. however, life is so busy that we flub. we tend to fall short more often than not, so the romance kind of fizzles. thankfully, while i know times get tough and sometimes we don't see each other or we don't treat each other the way we should because we are sinful humans, i know that God is faithful to sustain us and get us through the dry spells. i also know that my husband honors God enough to stick with me, even during the days i'm a raging witch and driving him insane! (don't let me fool you - i am not always full of rainbows and smiles!) my husband holds to his promise, to the covenant he made with me, before God, our family and our friends. he has promised to love me through all of life's circumstances until death do us part. and bud has the same promise from me - i am not going to leave him, no matter what! our three strand cord is not easily broken and will not be!
the thought of marriage also brings me to another place in my thoughts. it reminds me that it is the perfect example of God's relationship to His bride, the church, His elect. i remember when i truly came to the realization of my sin, my total and utter depravity and then realized the amazing miracle it is that God has saved me and preserved me in His arms until i go to be with Him in heaven. it was a momentous occasion. many tears were shed, my heart was torn from feeling awful because of my total depravity but my heart was beaming with joy because i realized i was safe and did not need to fear! but, being a sinful person by nature, even though i do not have to live in that life anymore because i have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb and given saving faith, i falter. i am not perfect and sometimes i do not give my all to God, i do not live the way i should and need to repent daily. and very much like my relationship with my husband, the initial joy of being blessed with the miracle of salvation, unfortunately fades from day to day. but i know that God has saved me. and He will never leave nor forsake me. i am safe in his arms and do not have the fear of not having his love. we are covered in God's covenant with His people. it may not always be a lovely and easy road because we are constantly under fire by the world and satan - but thankfully - God doesn't go anywhere and we just have to remember to listen to the Holy Spirit's guidance and return to the Lord, daily.
all that to say - i am thankful to have married a christian man who loves God more than me. and i am thankful that God is showing me to love my husband properly and i pray that God will grow my husband to continue to do the same. that we will be a closely knit family and that when we gaze upon one another, the first thing we see is Christ and not each other. that our lives will be a testimony to His grace, mercy and power. and i pray that if we are so blessed to have children, that we will raise our children in the ways of the Lord and allow them to see what a christian marriage should look like. a team. a partnership. a man loving his wife as Christ loves the church. a wife submitting to the head trusting that he is being lead by God in his decisions. Lord, help us to remember that we are each other's distant second and you come first. and help us to grow together in You and let us not grow apart. and help us to find the heat and romance and remember where it came from... and hold on to it daily.
sorry for a long entry... just had a lot on my mind. time for bed now. but first - check out this music video. its lovely and brings me to tears every time!
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