So it's been an embarrassingly long time since I've made an actual apple pie. I'll have to catch up before summer fruit season comes along and tempts me into making lots of fresh peach pies etc. Back on the apple pie track, I've been planning for ages now to start experimenting with sweeteners. I just told Susan that over the phone and she asked in a horrified tone: "you don't mean artificial sweetener, do you?" No. I mean it's time to move into the honey and maple world instead of white or brown sugar. Today it's an apple pie with honey.This recipe is one Julie gave me; it's a WWII era recipe that calls for honey, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg (recipe source: Harriet H. Hester, 300 Sugar Saving Recipes [1942]). The spice combination and amounts are pretty similar to other pies I've made for the odyssey. The crust is a basic butter crust from my Cuisinart manual. I used a mix of Granny Smith, McIntosh and Golden Delicious apples cut into slices. I arranged the slices much like those in the tart pictured in previous post (whoops, forgot to take a picture before putting the top crust on) and it looked lovely. I made an effort to mix the different varieties of apples evenly. The only problem is I packed the slices in very tightly and then realized that the honey and spices might not be able to work their way down to the bottom. We shall see. I'm mainly curious about how great the difference in flavor is between sugar and honey. It certainly smells nice coming out of the oven....
3 comments:
Ellen, I love the pretty bee vent on your honey pie. It's such a happy bee. I would be too if I were perched atop an apple pie.
So how did it taste? If it's good, I'd love to get the recipe--my mom can't eat cane sugar, so honey recipes are good.
Thanks my Helen - drawing cartoons with a fork is about the extent of my artistic ability.
Carly, I will post the comments of my tasters so you can get a more objective opinion. I thought it was okay - it tasted like an average apple pie. You certainly couldn't tell that it used honey and not sugar. I'll send you the recipe, but I also just got another apple pie with honey recipe from one of our visiting researchers who just happens to keep bees....hopefully I can test that soon as well and let you know which is better.
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