Special Announcement- Congratulations Alexias Swanstrom

Hi everyone, no recipe, just wanted to let you know that our Miss Greater San Diego Teen USA 2010, Alexis Swanstrom just won Miss California Teen USA and will represent California at the Miss Teen USA next summer.  We are so proud of her and so happy for her and her family.  You can go to the http://www.misscaliforniausa.com/ website and watch the preliminaries, the final should be up and running tomorrow. 

Alexis has been part of our pageant family for the last 3-4 years.  We are so excited!!!!!

Swedish Apple Pie by my friend Katy

Swedish Apple Pie - Great Pie for the kids to help with!!!
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
1- 9 inch round or square pie pan
Fill pie pan 2/3 full with sliced, peeled green granny apples (3 large apples)
HINT - You could buy the apples all ready cut.
Combine 1 Tsp. of Cinnamon and 1 Tablespoon of Sugar and sprinkle over apples.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans over apples and Sprinkle a handful of raisins over the apples.

Topping
Mix together 1 cup of sugar and a pinch of salt
Melt 3/4 cup of butter and add to sugar and salt mixture, mix well.
Add 1 unbeaten egg, mix well and add 1 cup of flour and mix well.
Pour topping mixture over the apples.   

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes - DO NOT OVER BAKE

Thanksgiving Recipes 11/9

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, we will start to show some of our family and friend recipes for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  If you have any questions, or need a specific recipe, please let us know.

Mincemeat Pie - Loven By The Oven Cookbook

1 Jar 28 ounces (3 cups) prepared mincemeat             1 1/2 cups diced pared tart apples 
2 Tablespoons butter, melted                                      1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Vanilla                                                     1/3 Tablespoon Heavy Cream
1/4 cup of Brandy (optional)                                       2 Teaspoons of sugar
If you are going to use Brandy, mix brandy and mincemeat together, refrigerate overnight.

4 - 9 inch Pie Shells (2 for the bottom, 2 for the top)  I like the rolled out dough in the pie section of your grocery store, homemade is wonderful, but who has the time today.  The rolled out dough is better then the tin pans with dough.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Prepare Pastry in 2-9 inch pie pans.  Mix mincemeat, apples, butter, vanilla, and heavy cream, pour into pie shells, cover the top of each pie with the other 2 pie crusts.  Make 4 slits into the top of each pie, sprinkle each pie with 1 teaspoon of sugar.

I like to put the pies on a baking sheet, cook at 425 degrees for 40-45 minutes, top with whip cream.

Enjoy!!