Ingredients:
4 cups fresh blueberries
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 pre-made crust, baked
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Cheesy Apple Pie
Laurie inspired this creation with her talk of having a slice of cheese with your apple pie. After gushing about the pleasures of combining sweet and salty, we asked the obvious question… why not just put both sweet and salty in one pie? Here’s the before and after. We fully baked the apple pie and then broiled the organic white cheddar cheese on top to get it nice and gooey!
Maple-Pecan Apple Crumb Pie
From the Esalon Cookbook! We can’t wait to try more things out of this cookbook!
Piecrust
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1.25 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons sucanat
1 cup cold butter
1/2 cup ice water
Pie Filling
6 cups cored , peeled apples, sliced into 1/4 inches slices
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup sucanat OR honey
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
1/3 cup maple syrup
Maple Pecan Crumb Topping
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup whole pastry flour
1/4 cup sucanat
1/3 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Peach Blueberry Pie
Crust:
3 cups all-purpose flour (we did 1/2 whole wheat pastry flour and 1/2 white flour)
1 tablespoon sugar or succanat
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
20 tablespoons (2 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
4 to 5 tablespoons ice-cold water
Filling:
3 pounds ripe peaches (approximately)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup (packed) light-brown sugar OR succanat
1/4 cup granulated sugar OR succanat OR honey
1 packet Stevia
1/4 cup all-purpose flour OR whole wheat pastry flour
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons heavy cream
Peach Crumble
Ingredients:
8 ripe peaches, pitted and chopped into eight sections
Juice of 1 lemon
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into thin pieces
1/3 cup quick-cooking oats
Spiced Plum Pie
Ingredients:
one pie crust–store bought or try our easy homemade whole wheat crust!
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons (packed) finely grated orange peel
3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 pounds plums, halved, pitted, each half cut into 4 wedges
