I am not a food blog but I love food. The old Codger loves food too especially dessert pies. So every week he looks through his old recipe books, and he has a fair few of them, and chooses a pie. 
This Dutch Apple pie is made just like an apple pie except you top it with a mixture of 2 tblsp flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, and 1/2 cup of sour cream, with a pinch of salt. The recipe book was a local church book printed in 1976.
We both enjoyed this one. However as Dale ate it he remembered that his mother put in raisins and cinnamon and there was no lattice top. So we are still on the hunt for That Dutch Apple Pie. Maybe you have a more authentic recipe.
Though I kind of AM a food blog because I grow food. One of the most versatile foods I grow are the eggs. And the chook house must be prepared for winter. So, the other reason I have sent the chickens out to play is that it is time to clean their house, all the old straw is hauled out to the compost and new deep bedding put down for the winter. Plus I make little walls of stacked straw to cut the drafts. They have been moulting, it looks like there has been murder done in there. Definitely time for some housekeeping.
Of course Sheila and Charlotte wanted to help. 
Sheila was especially helpful. She helped me collect the eggs and 
then being the sweet ..sleepy pig that she is, she sat at the door, just planted her bottom in the doorway, to make sure no-one got in the way of the work (except herself).
This Easter chicken is going to make it after all. She was found flat out on the floor of the run, not even able to walk with shock, her back raw. She has been sprayed with iodine before being popped into Fort Knox hospital wing inside the chook house, and is eating and drinking today. A huge improvement.
Last night I made leek and kale quiche with a touch of anise. All from the garden. Cheese and eggs from the farm. What a treat.
Good morning. The surprising thing about the Daily View, the bit that I did not really think about, is that it will begin to tell stories of its own. For instance the mower has not moved in three days. Where is the staff?! Not mowing apparently!
Beautiful and warm yesterday and I have awoken to rain again this morning.
Have a lovely day. Chg John my weather man and teacher of all good things Italian, tells me that it is going to get cold this weekend. So get your woolies out for tomorrows post! Ah well, it had to happen.
Celi
On this day a year ago. Daisy was making trouble again and a wee walkabout.
The Kitchen's Garden 
72 responses to “Dutch Apple Pie”
I love how you cooked a meal using everything thing of your own and you didn’t have to visit a supermarket once. What a idyllic way to live. I would love to at least have a hen house so I can have fresh eggs but we are on such a tiny block of land with neighbours less than a metre from every boundary. Space is a big issue. Oh well, I have a herb garden! xx
Herbs are good! c
Glad the Easter chicken is doing well!
Looks scrumptious! That is all. 🙂
Except, pass the fork please !
Yummy looking pie!
Oh that silly Sheila……..
Yes it’s supposed to be downright cold here this weekend.
Happy Thanksgiving Celi, to you and your family!
Can’t believe it; your daytime temps and ours matched yesterday and the verandah shot looked wonderfully peaceful and inviting 🙂 !
That is awesome, we are ships passing in the night! same temps.. morning eha darling. are you up early or going to bed late.. .c
[giggles . . .] The original was written in the middle of the day [should have been working 🙂 !], but it is a stormy night now . . . about to switch blessed computer off for the third time tonight – b . . . . !
I was thinking, “And I bother to make lattice!” Then I realized it’s not a lattice you’re after! sigh 😉
Sheila and Charlotte!!! too cute.
That pie looks excellent, and lovely lattice top!
Don’t let the pigs see this, or better still, don’t teach them to read:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/01/14173510-70-year-old-oregon-farmer-eaten-by-his-hogs?lite
I suspect though, that the pigs in question were not happy like yours are 😉
I think of you as a LIFe blog – or a LIVING blog. Everything is alive, and related to living life to the full…and eating apple pie until you´re full is also a good idea!
We love apple pie!! Actually I’m making one for tomorrow 😉
I love your apple pie photo, very autumn
Dear wonderful Celi. I am making pie this Sunday morning. A pumpkin pie for my eight your old nephew – and a Dutch apple pie for me. I have a huge basket of local apples and they are just crying out to be part of your recipe. Hugs Virginia
I love the apple pie – I have a recipe sounding like the one Dale wants. I blogged it once, but will have to search for it and will send the link!! Lovely day on the farm, as always!!
I’d love a slice of that pie please! Glad the Easter chicken is going to make it. Poor girl.