Owly 48 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 A few years back I perfected the apple pie to the point where people lick their plates, and pies vanish before your astonished eyes..............The trick is extremely simple. Make the pie normally in every way but one. Take half a can of frozen concentrate apple juice / cider........ full strength, add a cup of sugar and reduce it in a pan as if you were making candy.......I put a generous shake of cayenne in for a bit of spicy bite... like applesauce with red hots..... I haven't had a candy thermometer for years... since I broke the last one. It is a very scary process, as you are making napalm.... It is so hot and sticky that it will stick to your skin and take it right off if you get it on yourself. But candy makers know all about this. This is cooked down to the point where if it were allowed to cool it would be almost hard.... it would still have give, rather than breaking......... I can't give temps because I've never measured them, but I suspect they are approaching 270F when I take it off the heat. This is poured over the apples in the pie shell, the upper crust added and the works baked.....The reason it must be cooked down is that the apples yield their own juice, and it would be runny otherwise...... Believe me the apple flavor is so intense that people cannot leave it alone. This evening I did an apple crunch this way, but used a full can of concentrate.... A bit overboard delicious. This was a generic oatmeal crunch.... C flour C brown sugar C oatmeal, 1/2C melted butter. I used 7 small Granny Smith apples in a 10x7 pyrex rectangular pan. The result is rich, sticky and extremely tangy and flavorful with just a bit of a hot bite. H.W. ckreef 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ckreef 19,937 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 It sounds really good but I was disappointed that there wasn't a picture Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Old Aviator 25 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 A picture with flames! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JeffieBoy 905 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Old Aviator said: A picture with flames! I love the smell of Napalm Apple Crunch after dinner! Ron5850 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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