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Learn to COOK - Apple Pie Perfect: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes for America's Favorite Pie
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Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press
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Binding: Paperback
Brand: harold
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.8652
EAN: 9781558322257
Feature: Prefect Apple Pie by Harold
ISBN: 1558322256
Label: Harvard Common Press
Manufacturer: Harvard Common Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2002-09-25
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Studio: Harvard Common Press
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Features
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Prefect Apple Pie by Harold
100 recipes
10 recipes for crust
A complete guide to apple varieties
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Editorial Reviews:
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If you are an apple pie lover, Apple Pie Perfect is your dream-100 recipes for apple pie in all its delicious incarnations, plus ten versatile crust recipes. There are pies with single crusts, pies with double crusts, crumb toppings, and no toppings. There are traditional pies (My Mom and Dad's Brown Sugar Apple Pie), new twists (Baked Apple Dumpling Pie), multi-fruit pies (Apple-Plum Pie with Coconut Streusel), and pies for those who love apples in any and all forms (Shaker Boiled Apple Cider Pie). It's all written in Haedrich's homey, easy-to-follow style, with plenty of apple lore, tips, and advice, plus a complete pie maker's guide to apple varieties. With Apple Pie Perfect, any home cook can turn out a mouthwatering version of America's favorite pie.
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Summary: So many apples, so little time!
Comment: If you make apple pie as much as I do (at least once every 2 weeks), you will LOVE this book. I couldn't put it down and loved the abundant creativity it must have taken to compile.
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Summary: Worth it if you are a serious apple pie maker
Comment: I am very into apple pies, and it was great to read through a well put together book that is devoted entirely to them. At times I felt like it was really stretching to get to book size, but on the other hand it is nice to see so many recipes, many of which you won't find in a general purpose cookbook. The section on fruit selection and suitability for pie was quite thorough on a subject I had not seen adequately addressed in other sources.
So this book was definitely worth it for me and I enjoyed reading it cover to cover. I can't imagine it would hold more than 15 minutes of interest for someone not particularly interested in the subject though.
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Summary: The title says it all!
Comment: I couldn't believe the number of crusts you can make for apple pie. Plus, the different ingredients one can use to make them absolutely delicious. This is definitely a must-have for beginner pie makers and for the experts.
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Summary: Great Recipes!
Comment: I originally borrowed this book from our local library. I liked it so much, I bought 2, one for me & one for my sister who has 2 apple trees!
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Summary: Like apples? Like baking? Buy this book!
Comment: Ever wanted to know why you have to punch steam vents in your crust? Not sure how to tell when your pie is done? Does your bottom crust always come out soggy, not golden and firm? This book can solve your problems--never have the bottom crusts on our apple pies come out so well!
The book includes "A Pie Maker's Guide to Apple Varieties." It would help if I could actually find more than four or five apple varieties at our store, of course. But at least it tells me the characteristics of the various apple varieties so I can substitute an appropriate variety for the exotic ones called for in some of these recipes. (It also helps that recipes often include notes such as this one from the grated apple pie recipe: "The original Pennsylvania Dutch recipe calls for Winesap apples, but any firm, juicy, tart apple, including Granny Smith, will do.") By the time you're done you'll be able to make whatever kind of apple pie you like best, whether that's mushy or firm, juicy or dry, sweet or tart. You'll also find little "helper" recipes in here, like various crust recipes, sauces, and so on.The layout is clean and clear. Ingredients are delineated by crust, filling, topping, and so on. Direction steps are numbered and broken down into short steps. There's one short spread of color photo pages in the middle of the book, so you can stare at the frozen apple and peanut butter cloud pie and die of sugar shock. We have stumbled across one instance of slightly confused directions so far, but it was easy to figure out how to fix it, and that was the only incident. There's a good index in the back of the book (you can look up recipes by type of apple), and the table of contents lists out each individual pie with page number. Every single recipe we've made from this book has come out completely and utterly delicious. I'm usually disappointed by apple pie, but not by the pies from this cookbook! Even when they aren't my favorite texture or taste, they're still so good that I don't mind! And they're creative and unusual, guaranteed to keep us from ever becoming bored with apple pie again (apple and brie hand pies, anyone?). So if you enjoy apple pie and don't mind straying a little from the beaten path, this cookbook truly is "Apple Pie Perfect."
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