Embroidered Tea Towels, Apple Pie and 80's Memories!!

SUNDAY STASH REPORT - WEEK 38

Total Yards Used this Week:  3 1/2 yards

Added this Week: 5 yards

Used year to Date: 79 3/4 yards

Added Year to Date: 28 3/4 yards

Net Stash Decrease for 2013: 51  yards

I hope to improve these number this week.  I started out great in January- April but have not continued to "Decrease" my stash as I had planned this year!!! I do have projects stacked on my table in hopes of completing them.  This is a quilt I must finish before Oct 10th as it is a donation quilt for an auction for Tulsa Safe Kids.  It now moves to the top of the project list. Best laid plans.......




 Oh well....on to the projects I completed this week:

I made this set of tea towels for a dear friend's birthday.  The fabric was perfect for her "Bunk House".  It is a yellow ticking. 

I did the embroidery with new designs from Embroidery Library.   The stitches are gorgeous up close.






The red ticking towel is for another friend's birthday.  I love the apples.

In honor of the season and "Apples" I made my favorite apple pie this weekend.  I had a retreat with my CBS leadership.  I prepared dinner for 30 women on Friday night.  Here is the "Down Under Apple Pie" I served.  They LOVED it!!  It is my Kristy's favorite all time apple pie too!!!

Down Under Apple Pie

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  

Prepare your favorite pie crust or use one from the freezer or dairy section of your grocery store.  Today I used a frozen crust because I wanted it to be in a disposable pan that I didn't have to keep track of at the retreat!!

Pie Filling:

1.  Peel, core and slice 6 cups of apples.

2.  Toss apples with:

1 cup sugar

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp lemon juice

1/8 tsp salt

2 TBSP flour

1 tsp cinnamon

3.  Pour the apples into your already prepared pie crust.

4.  Now for the secret ingredient:

Extra sharp or sharp cheddar cheese. 

5.  Grate 1 cup of the cheese.

6.  Melt 1/2 stick of butter (1/4 cup)

7.  Combine cheese and butter with:

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/8 tsp salt

Combine this mixture with clean hands until it forms a crumbly dough consistency.

8.  Top the apples with the above mixture by mounding it with your hands being sure to cover the entire surface of the pie.

9.  Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes until the pie is browned and bubble.  I always bake mine on a sheet pan as it tends to bubble over.  A sheet pan is easier to clean than an oven.

Down Under Apple Pie

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  

Prepare your favorite pie crust or use one from the freezer or dairy section of your grocery store.  Today I used a frozen crust because I wanted it to be in a disposable pan that I didn't have to keep track of at the retreat!!

Pie Filling:

1.  Peel, core and slice 6 cups of apples.

2.  Toss apples with:

1 cup sugar

1/8 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp lemon juice

1/8 tsp salt

2 TBSP flour

1 tsp cinnamon

3.  Pour the apples into your already prepared pie crust.

4.  Now for the secret ingredient:

Extra sharp or sharp cheddar cheese. 

5.  Grate 1 cup of the cheese.

6.  Melt 1/2 stick of butter (1/4 cup)

7.  Combine cheese and butter with:

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/8 tsp salt

Combine this mixture with clean hands until it forms a crumbly dough consistency.

8.  Top the apples with the above mixture by mounding it with your hands being sure to cover the entire surface of the pie.

9.  Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes until the pie is browned and bubble.  I always bake mine on a sheet pan as it tends to bubble over.  A sheet pan is easier to clean than an oven.

( I place the whole recipe at the bottom of my blog so you can copy and paste it to a word document and print it without all the pictures attached   I am going to try to find someone to help me with the blog so you can print it directly from here but since I do this for fun and not for profit I will have to wait till someone volunteers or shows me how to do it!!!!)

I have been making this pie since 1984 when I lived on a Navy base at China Lake Navel Weapons Center in Ridgecrest, CA.  I was a young mom with two little girls and Jeff was a GMO (General Medical Officer) at the clinic on base.  My neighbor, Pat Hoagland, whose husband was a Navel Aviator and lived across the street, shared it with me.  Such a fun time living on base.  We met so many good people in those years.  Many of them lifelong friends. 

Thanks Pat!!!!   This pie always reminds me of you and John!!

I will also be linking up with DIY Home here, so hop over and join the fun!!

Happy Trails,

Mtn Mama