Best Pie
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DOWN HOME
APPLE PEE
Second Place
Charlotte Gclnett
Crust:
4 cups flour
'/> cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1V« cup butter shortening
1 egg
1 tablespoon vinegar and
enough cool water to make % cup.
Mix together flour, cheese, salt,
and sugar. With a pastry blender,
mix in shortening. In a cup, com
bine egg, vinegar, and cool water.
Mix into flour mixture until you
can make four balls to roll pie
shells.
Judges test pie entries for overall sppesrance, texture,
doness, flavor, consistency, snd creativity.
In Pennsylvania
Apple Filling:
6 cups diced apples
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fine tapioca
Mix together and press into
9-inch pie shell. Sprinkle with cin
namon. Put on top crust and bake
at4oodegrees for 30 minutes, then
at 375 degrees until juices start to
run. Cover edges with foil.
TOFFEE APPLE PIE
Third Place
Pamela Prisznik
Crust
% cup plus 2 tablespoons
shortening
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 to 5 tablespoons ice water
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Cut
shortening into flour and salt until
particles ate pea-sized. Sprinkle in
water; toss with fork until mois
tened. Gather pastry into ball. Roll
pastry; line pastry plate.
Filling:
5 cups peeled apples, thinly
sliced
*/* cup sugar
'A cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons toffee (Skor)
chips
Lightly spoon flour into measur
ing cup; level off. hi small mixing
bowl, combine flour,'/«cup brown
sugar, and '/«teaspoon cinnamon.
Blend well. With fork or pastry
blender, cut in 3 tablespoons butter
until mixture is crumbly. Stir in
pecans and toffee chips.
Spinkle topping mixture over
apples. Bake at 375 degrees for 55
minutes or until apples are tender
and crust is golden brown. Serves
8.
Foreign Exchange Program
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American Intercultural Student
Exchange, a non-profit education
‘ al foundation, is seeking local host
families for high school foreign
exchange students for the 2000/01
school year. AISE’s students
come from 25 countries through
out the world, and the program
continues to expand. Every year.
Charlotte and Richard Geinett celebrate a second-place
victory in the apple contest for the third time. Her apple pie
contains cheese in the crust
Needs Host Families
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with over 2,000 host families
throughout the United States. The
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during their 10-month cultural ex
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