Welcome to my kitchen
For the longest time these recipes lived on index cards in a tin box by the stove, splattered, dog-eared, lent out, and mostly returned. My granddaughter typed them up so the family would stop calling at supper to ask how much flour.
So here they are, plain as I make them. Nothing fancy, nothing you can't find at the corner store. Pick a card, pull up a chair, and put the kettle on.
- Vi
This month from the box: cinnamon apple crumble
NEW! The one everybody asks after come October. It forgives a lot: use whatever apples you have, tart and sweet together if you can, and don't fuss over even slices. The topping does the heavy lifting.
What you'll need
- 6 medium apples, a mix of tart and sweet
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cut in cubes
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- a good pinch of salt
Time & servings
| Prep | 20 minutes |
|---|---|
| Cook | 40 minutes |
| Rest | 10 minutes |
| Serves | 6 to 8 |
Best warm, with a little cream. Just as good cold from the dish at breakfast, though you didn't hear that from me.
How to make it
- Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and butter a medium baking dish.
- Peel, core, and slice the apples. Toss them with the lemon juice and half the cinnamon.
- Spread the apples in the dish and press them down a little.
- Rub the oats, flour, sugar, salt, the rest of the cinnamon, and the cold butter together with your fingers until it clumps like wet sand.
- Scatter the topping over the apples, right out to the edges.
- Bake for 40 minutes, until the top is golden and the fruit bubbles up the sides.
- Let it rest 10 minutes before you serve it. It needs the time to settle, and so do you.
Every recipe here prints clean on plain paper. Use your browser's File then Print. No need to save it, a copy pinned to the fridge lasts longer anyway.
The recipe box
Everything written down so far. More gets added whenever I find a card I'd forgotten. Times are rough, kitchens differ.
| Dish | Category | Time | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deviled eggs | Appetizers | 30 min | Easy |
| Corn chowder | Appetizers | 45 min | Easy |
| Sunday pot roast | Mains | 3 hours | Medium |
| Chicken and dumplings | Mains | 90 min | Medium |
| Buttermilk biscuits | Sides | 25 min | Easy |
| Green bean casserole | Sides | 50 min | Easy |
| Cinnamon apple crumble | Desserts | 70 min | Easy |
| Pecan pie | Desserts | 70 min | Medium |
| Old-fashioned lemonade | Drinks | 10 min | Easy |
| Peach iced tea | Drinks | 15 min | Easy |