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Sister's
Day Apple Pie
Loomis Sisters' Recipe
Emeril’s Apple Pie Contest 2001
Good
Morning America
Nov.
6, F U L T O N, N.Y. — My entry into the Good Morning America apple
pie
contest is more than a recipe. It is a story of family, heritage and
tradition.
This recipe is a tradition of keeping family ties close, modeling the joy
of being sisters to our young girls, and a celebration of our family's
firefighting heritage.
I am from a family of five children, three sisters
and two brothers.
Our home was simple, warm and busy. Our mom often made extra money by
selling her homemade pies to the local restaurant. Our dad has dedicated
his
life to the village volunteer fire department. How much more American
does
it get!
So, we girls want to get in on the blessings and send an apple pie to
the
firefighters.
[This
entry was submitted by Sandy Forbes Loomis. She shares the recipe
that
appears below with her sisters, Diane Forbes Preston, and Patty Forbes
Van Vleck. The three sisters meet and make pie each year on Sister's Day.
See
full story at bottom of page.]
Sister's
Day Apple Pie
Ingredients,
bottom crust for 6 pies
(or top and bottom for three pies):
4
cups unbleached white flour
1
1/2 cups Crisco shortening
Directions
for Crust:
1.
Cut together with pastry blender until you have a crumbly mixture.
2.
Sprinkle with 10 Tbsp. ice water and toss together. Pat into balls
and
roll out for bottom crusts.
Ingredients
for filling:
Apples
(mixture of Cortland, Macintosh
and Spy apples)
1/2
cup brown sugar
1/2
cup white sugar
1/4
tsp salt
3/4
tsp cinnamon
1/4
tsp nutmeg
1
Tbsp soft butter
Directions
for Filling:
1.
Peel, core, slice apples, layer inside pie.
2.
Mix sugars, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, and place on top of
the apples.
3.
Dot each pie with 1 tablespoon soft butter.
4.
Repeat crust recipe for top crust, as needed.
5.
Place top crust on top of filling, crimp edge, and cut air vents on
top
of
pie crust.
6.
Sprinkle generously with sugar.
7.
Bake 350 degrees for one hour or longer until bubbly and golden.
Note:
The secret is in the crust which is learned by experience of touch
and
sight. Also baking at 350 instead of the usually recommended 400
improves
the flakiness of the crust.
God
Bless America, Mom and Apple Pie.
Recipe
courtesy of Sandy Forbes Loomis,
Diane Forbes Preston, Patty Forbes VanVleck
Pie
and Sisterhood
Mom's
pie crust is beyond comparison. It is the most flaky and tender crust
that
we have ever found. Fortunately, she passed the skill on to us.
We three sisters are very diverse: one is a PhD and a Spanish professor,
one
is a church secretary, and one operates a home-based business in the
hunting industry.
One is the mother of four big boys, one is the mother of two little
girls,
and one is the best aunt you could ask for. One was married at age 19,
one
at age 47. Two
are conservative, one is liberal. Yet, we have the ties
that
bind in our heritage
and family.
To help preserve and pass that heritage down, we have our annual autumn
Sister's Day. We all live within two hours drive of each other so we can
get
together without too much difficulty.
We gather at one of our homes to have a canning and baking day. The day
starts
out early with a trip to the local farmer's market and apple
orchard to
buy the
apples and other produce. Of course, high on the list
of activities is
lots of talk, giggles, laughter and tears. We can make
applesauce, pickles
or other items, but
we always make apple pies.
One sister peels and cores the apples (she has a neat gadget), one sister
makes
the pie crust and the third makes the sweet seasoning mix. The
little girls get
in
on the action by being helping hands in all areas.
Have you ever tried to
roll
out pie crust with four hands?
But they see us working together, sharing and laughing. They learn the
family heritage and they learn how to cook. The pies are divided between
the families.
Some are baked and eaten right away, and the rest are frozen
and set aside for
our Thanksgiving dinner.
All that in itself is special, but the reason that the American apple pie
contest
for
the New York City firefighters spoke to my heart is the men in
our family.
Our dad has been an active volunteer firefighter for 58 years
in Mexico, N.Y.
He is 77 years old and still goes to every fire and rescue call that his
village department receives (daytime — he stopped doing the nighttime
calls a few
years ago). He is a firetruck driver and also the company
record keeper and photographer.
He has held every position that the department has. Our brother
who has
belonged to the same department for 30 years is also passing on this
heritage. His son and son-in-law have also become volunteer firefighters.
It is
a very proud thing for our dad to have three generations active in
the same department helping people and serving the community. A few weeks
ago our firefighters gave their time for a Saturday and conducted a boot
drive in our
little village and raised $5,000 to send
to the New York City
families of fire-
fighters lost in the Trade Towers. Our dad had tears in
his eyes and a lump
in his throat when he told me of the day and the
amount that was raised.
—
Sandy
Forbes Loomis
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