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We mentioned our work at a local day camp in our last post. The following week, the children learned all about blessings, particularly those for flowers and fruit. We thought this was a great opportunity to bake some good, old fashioned American apple pies. To make it more fun for the kids, we decided to have each child make a mini pie. Then, because food coloring makes everything more magical, we helped the children turned the pie crust into colorful flowers.

The process of making the pie filling was just as fun. Because apples are naturally a good source of pectin–the glue that helps hold a slice of pie (and jam, but we’ll get to that later) together–we gave each child a large zip-top bag filled with apple chunks. Then came the best part–mashing the apples! This helps release pectin and kids of all ages love having permission to hit stuff.  After the mashing process, kids added the rest of the filling ingredients in their zip-top bags and shook them to combine.

This pie recipe is very versatile and the pie crust is our absolute favorite–flavorful and very easy to work with. No crumbles here!

Flower Power Apple Pie

Filling Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of salt

8 medium apples, peeled and sliced

Crust Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour

2 Tbsp sugar

Pinch of salt

3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp cold butter, cubed

1/2 cup ice water

Directions. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. For the Crust: Sift together the flour, sugar and salt. Combine with shortening. butter and ice water. Knead on a floured surface and cut in half. Refridgerate and roll out into two large circles. or 10 small circles. Place one circle in pie pan and trim edges to fit. For the Filling: Mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt and coat apples with the mixture. Pour apples over bottom crust. Use cookie cutters to cut out flower shapes and place on top of the pie. Cover loosly with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 – 25 minutes. Makes 1 large pie or 5 small pies. Reduce baking time for 10 – 15 minutes for small pies.

We mentioned our work at a local day camp in our last post. The following week, the children learned all about blessings, particularly those for flowers and fruit. We thought this was a great opportunity to bake some good, old fashioned American apple pies. To make it more fun for the kids, we decided to have each child make a mini pie. Then, because food coloring makes everything more magical, we helped the children turned the pie crust into colorful flowers.

The process of making the pie filling was just as fun. Because apples are naturally a good source of pectin–the college punjab india glue that helps hold a slice of pie (and jam, but we’ll get to that later) together–we gave each child a large zip-top bag filled with apple chunks. Then came the best part–mashing the apples! This helps release pectin and kids of all ages love having permission to hit stuff.  After the mashing process, kids added the rest of the filling ingredients in their zip-top bags and shook them to combine.

This pie recipe is very versatile and the pie crust is our absolute favorite–flavorful and very easy to work with. No crumbles here!

Flower Power Apple Pie

Filling Ingredients: mba college in punjab

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

Pinch of salt

8 medium apples, peeled and sliced

Crust Ingredients

2 1/2 cups flour

2 Tbsp sugar

Pinch of salt

3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp cold butter, cubed

1/2 cup ice water

Directions. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. For the Crust: Sift together the flour, sugar and salt. Combine with shortening. butter and ice water. Knead on a floured surface and cut in half. Refridgerate and roll out into two large circles. or 10 small circles. Place one circle in pie pan and trim edges to fit. For the Filling: mba college punjab india Mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt and coat apples with the mixture. Pour apples over bottom crust. Use cookie cutters to cut out flower shapes and place on top of the pie. Cover loosly with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 – 25 minutes. Makes 1 large pie or 5 small pies. Reduce baking time for 10 – 15 minutes for small