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Apple Kitchen Decor Adds Color and Vibrance

15 Aug

Brighten your home with the vibrant look of apple kitchen decor! Whether you live in the big city or on a country farm, apple kitchen decor is the perfect way to bring a dull room to life.

The scent of a warm apple pie brings back memories of childhood years at grandma’s house. Using apple scented candles shaped in the form of a pie are a perfect accent for apple kitchen decor.

Some other accents to spice up your kitchen are a fruit-filled woven basket containing bright oranges, red and green apples and bananas. Used as a centerpiece for the dining table, this creates a warm, country look and feel to the room. A richly colored wallpaper border decorated in fruit designs will add interest to a bland wall.

The addition of ceramic or porcelain accents adds even more delight. There are many useful pieces such as apple decorated salt and pepper shakers and canisters that will add to this charming look. A cookie jar and spoon rest are some other items you will find useful, along with adding even more color and freshness to your kitchen.

For the walls, you might consider a vibrantly colored apple clock framed in a country wood or wrought iron frame. Richly hued pictures containing various fruits such as deep purple grapes, red apples, pears and bananas will add charm and color to the walls. There are endless accents you can find to decorate the busiest room of your home in apple kitchen decor.

Some other useful and beautiful items you can use are apple-themed dish towels and dish cloths. Add a richly colored tablecloth and curtains to the windows, using colors that coordinate with your pictures and accents. The addition of fruit themed chair pads add even more country charm.

As you can see, using apple kitchen decor gives you endless options for brightening and refreshing the look and feel of your kitchen. Get busy and decorate your kitchen with fresh and fruity style!

 
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Old-fashioned Apple Pie With Pastry Recipe That Could be From Your Grandma’s Recipe File

12 Aug

I remember growing up with my sisters, cousins, and others as we enjoyed playing in our grandparents apple orchard.  “In the old days”, as my grandkids like to say, we didn’t have air conditioning, electronic games and toys, tv, or other modern ways to entertain ourselves.  We played cowboys and Indians, house, school, etc to entertain ourselves.  The shade provided by the big, old apple trees provide a great place for playing.  But the best part of the apple orchard was watching the apples grow and ripen.  We knew we would soon enjoy delicious apple pies and other great treats made from those apples.  Here I share with you one of the apple pies from those days.

TRADITIONAL APPLE PIE!

Pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie:

2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup lard or solid vegetable shortening
5 to 7 tbsp ice water

In a large bowl, stir flour and salt together until blended. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut lard or shortening into flour mixture until the mixture becomes mealy.

Mix in ice water a little at a time with a fork, stirring until the mixture leaves sides of bowl and forms a ball. Finish shaping dough into a ball with your hands, cut in half with a knife to form two balls for the top and the bottom of the pan. On a lightly floured board, flatten one ball of dough and roll with a lightly floured rolling pin from center to edge in a circular fashion, making a 12-inch circle. Place pastry into a 9-inch pie pan, fitting gently and trimming off excess dough with sharp knife or scissors. Fill or bake according to recipe. Roll out remaining dough in the same manner to use as a top crust.

Pie Filling:

6 cups thinly sliced, peeled, tart cooking apples
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tbsp butter or margarine

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Slice apples into a large bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg to apples; mix together well. Mix apples again with a large spoon then turn into pastry lined pie pan. Dot the surface with the butter or margarine. Place top pastry over pie and seal the edges well. Cut steam vents in center of the top crust or poke several times with a fork. Bake pie in a 425 degree oven for 45 – 55 minutes or until crust turns a golden brown and the filling starts to bubble up through the vents.

Enjoy!

 

 

Grandma Linda is a collector of vintage recipes. She enjoys sharing these old-time recipes with others who may be searching for them. You may visit her blog at http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com She is a diabetic and has a website dedicated to diabetic recipes at http://diabeticenjoyingfood.squarespace.com

 
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