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My First Blue Ribbon!

September 23, 2014 by Darci Bos 1 Comment

First off, a fun little note. I have been baking the past month or so by hand…yes that means with a wisk and spoon not a mixer!! It’s been really tough but also very rewarding! I feel very accomplished when I bake without a mixer…the down side? You realize you have muscles in your arms and wrists that you never knew existed! Ouch!!

Well today that has ended…I found myself a Kitchen Aid hand held mixer at Goodwill for $2.99! What a steal! I mean it’s not exactly what I would want, but it works a lot better than just mixing by hand!

Ok now on to my Blue Ribbon story.

We moved from California to Tennessee about 3 months ago and I’ll just tell you, I haven’t been able to cook in my own home or kitchen for about 2 years so I’m sure you can see how I was itching to get right to it!

I saw a fair was coming to town, the biggest fair in Tennessee, the Wilson County Fair. I also saw they had a big baking contest, since this was all new to me I decided just to enter my grandma’s Apple Pie.

Here’s a brief story of where the recipe came from….
The filling was my great grandma Snyder’s, her mother’s, recipe. So cool that it’s been passed down 4 generations now! The crust was from a trucker who worked with my grandpa who actually worked in a truck stop cafe at the time! All I did was change crisco to butter(I’m a butter lover) and that’s the short story of how this has been in my family for a long time.

So I turn in my Apple Pie Thursday August 14th, 2014 around 5pm. They were judging them after 6pm that evening and we were supposed to be getting a call if we won. Well the next morning came around and I hadn’t heard anything…”oh well, maybe next time” were my thoughts. That Friday night was opening day and we HAD to take the kids! When we got there I told my husband I wanted to check out the winners and see their pies. We walked into the building and they had all the winners kept in a fridge, I was looking for Apple Pie and what I found was DARCI BOS next to a pie that said first place and had a blue ribbon! My jaw dropped! I was shocked, excited, confused, happy, etc…I started laughing and couldn’t believe it!

Apple Pie Win

 

I HAD to call my grandma and tell her the good news! Her response “Well isn’t that a hoot!” Haha my silly grandma, I love her! Needless to say I had a smile on my face the rest of the night and had no idea this would begin my obsession for baking and even more entering contests!

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Grammas "Truck Stop" Apple Pie
Author: Bake & Style
Prep time:  20 mins
Cook time:  1 hour
Total time:  1 hour 20 mins
Serves: 8-10 slices
 
Ingredients
  • For The Crust:
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ½ teaspooon salt
  • 2 sticks cold butter
  • ½ cup cold water
  • For The Filling:
  • 6 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • dash of salt
  • ½ stick cold butter, sliced
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 425.
  2. For The Crust:
  3. Add flour and salt to large mixing bowl.
  4. Mix butter into flour with hands, crumbling as you go until you have about pea sized pieces.
  5. Slowly add in water until you have a nice dough formed.
  6. Sprinkle flour onto surface and roll out to desired thickness, make sure to have enough for your top crust.
  7. Place crust into pie dish and fork the bottom, set aside.
  8. For The Filling:
  9. Peel, core and thinly slice apples. I use an apple peeler and corer little device that makes life so much easier!
  10. Place apples into a large bowl.
  11. Add sugar, cinnamon, flour and salt and stir until combined.
  12. If you haven't done it already, slice your ½ stick of butter.
  13. Add filling into prepared pie dish.
  14. Lay slices of butter over top.
  15. Roll out top crust and lay over top, making sure to seal edges.
  16. Make slits on top crust.
  17. Optional: I like to sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over top!
  18. Place in pre-heated oven for 15 min.
  19. Lower the temperature to 350 and cook for another 30-45 min or until top crust is golden.
  20. Enjoy!
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  1. For "Pi" Day This Classic Recipe Makes A Big Comeback • Bake & Style says:
    March 14, 2015 at 11:46 AM

    […] take a look back at on older post where I talk about where the recipe originates from and how I won my first blue ribbon. You guys will see that there really isn’t anything different or unique about this recipe, I […]

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