Saturday, September 8, 2012

When life gives one lemons, make lemonade…….




When friends give you apples, make……….. empanadas of course.


Our good friend, Don, was kind enough to gather a couple of buckets of deliciously tart apples. I have been peeling and boiling and peeling and boiling.



It occurred to me that I should come up with some sort of plan of what I am going to do with this bounty. Pies are in the offing. I plan to make some version of an apple bread. Of course there will be some apple pancakes. I had recently read an article on how to make beef and potato empanadas. Those of you who know me realize that just because something is labeled for one purpose does not necessarily mean I will use it as it is intended.



I decided I could reimagine the empanada insides. So, a little bit of flour, a couple of eggs, some vinegar, salt, sugar, cinnamon, water and, oh yeah, a few apples and voila, apple empanadas.



Now, I just have to make up an apple cake recipe.

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