Mimis Maine Apple Pie Recipes

MISS HATTIE'S APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• Shred the apples into a large bowl. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Mix well and place in bottom crust. Dot the top with 3 tablespoons butter.
• On a cutting board, place rolled out (or packaged) pie crust. With a leaf or apple cookie cutter, cut shapes from the pie crust. Position the cutouts all over the top of the pie, leaving small spaces between cutouts for the vent holes.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove pie from oven and brush with 3 tablespoons melted butter. Return to oven and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Place a piece of aluminum foil under the pan in case it boils over.

MINI APPLE PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut 4 6-inch rounds out of the pie crusts, and fit them into 4 5-inch mini pie dishes. Cut remaining pie crust into 1/8-inch strips, and set dough aside.
• In a bowl, mix the diced apple, tapioca, sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg, and cinnamon until thoroughly combined; allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes to soften the tapioca. Stir the mixture again, and spoon into the pie shells. Use the strips of dough to weave a small lattice crust on top of each pie, and pinch the strips onto the bottom crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the pies are browned and the filling is thickened and bubbling, about 30 minutes. Cool before serving.

MIMI'S MAINE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Peel and slice the apples.
• Combine the sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
• Mix lightly through the apples.
• Heap into a pastry-lined 9" pie plate.
• Dot with butter.
• Adjust top crust and flute the edges; cut vents.
• Bake in a 425 degree oven 50-60 minutes or till crust is browned and apples are done.
• NOTE: I put thin strips of aluminum foil around the edges of the pie before I bake it so that the edges don't burn; I take them off the last 10 minutes or so, just to make sure they are browned up.

MAIDA'S BIG APPLE PIE

Steps:

• For the filling, melt the butter in a large pan with a cover. Add apples and sprinkle with the sugar and cinnamon. Cover pan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, until apples have exuded juices. Uncover and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender. About a third will have disintegrated, and the rest of the apple slices should remain intact. Cool the filling. May be made several days in advance and stored, covered, in the refrigerator.
• To form the pie, preheat the oven to 375 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. Roll dough to about a 16-inch diameter and center on pan. Spoon filling into center of disk of dough and fold overhanging dough in toward center of pie. Brush the top of the folded-over dough with the egg wash and sprinkle with the sugar.
• Bake the pie about 40 minutes, until the dough is a deep golden color and the filling is bubbling. Cool slightly before serving. Or cool completely and reheat before serving

MIMI'S ZUCCHINI PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch deep dish pie plate.
• Whisk together eggs and oil in a bowl with salt and pepper. Stir in baking powder and baking mix until moistened. Gently fold in zucchini, summer squash, and onion. Pour into prepared pie plate, and arrange sliced tomato over top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to taste.
• Bake in preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, about 35 minutes.

MIMI'S FRIED APPLE PIES - DEE DEE'S

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, add apples, sugar and cinnamon. Cook on low heat until apples are soft, then remove from heat and mash to create a thick applesauce. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, sift flour and salt. Cut in shortening. Add water and mix until dough sticks together and you can form a ball. Dump dough onto a well-floured surface and roll it out to about 1/8 of an inch thick. Cut out 4-inch circles with a large cookie or biscuit cutter.
• On each round drop 1 large tablespoon of apple mixture. Using your finger, moisten edges of dough. Fold in half then press edges closed with a fork.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry pies two to three minutes on each side, until golden. Drain on paper towels and, while still hot, sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
• Note: If you don't want to make a dough for these pies, use canned biscuits, skip step 2, roll out biscuits and follow steps 3 and 4. Note 2: If you don't want to deal with cooking apples, you can also use apple pie filling. Enjoy!

MIMI'S LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine the first 1 1/2 cups water, salt, and the sugar; heat to boiling.
• In a small bowl mix the cornstarch and 1/3 cup water to make a paste.
• Add to the boiling mixture gradually, stirring constantly; cook till thick and clear.
• Remove from heat.
• Combine the egg yolks and lemon juice and mix well.
• Stir into thickened mixture slowly, stirring all the while as you don't want to scramble the yolks (you could temper the yolks, but if you are careful about the contstant stirring, you will not need to do that).
• Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly until mixture bubbles again; remove from heat.
• Stir in butter and lemon peel.
• Cover and cool to lukewarm.
• MERINGUE:.
• Add the salt to the egg whites and beat till frothy.
• Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, beating till glossy peaks are formed.
• Stir 2 rounded tablespoons of the meringue into the lukewarm lemon filling and mix well.
• Put the filling into a baked pie shell and pile the meringue on top spreading to the edge of the shell.
• Bake in a 325-350 degree oven about 10 minutes or till golden.

MIMI'S DOWN EAST BLUEBERRY PIE

Steps:

• Line an 8" pie plate with crust.
• Pour in the blueberries.
• Mix together the rest of the ingredients and scatter over the blueberries.
• Dot with pieces of the butter.
• Put the top crust on.
• Bake at 450 dgrees for 10 minutes; then reduce to 350 degrees and continue baking for another 35-40 minutes or till done.

MIMI'S PRALINE TOPPED PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• PUMPKIN PIE:.
• In a large bowl put the pumpkin, sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg; mix well.
• Add beaten eggs, melted butter, and molasses.
• Add the milk, stirring well.
• Pour into a crust-lined pie plate.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees and bake the pie for 15 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 350 and continue baking for 40 minutes; open oven and crumble the Praline Topping with fingers and bake for another 10 minutes.
• PRALINE TOPPING:.
• Mix the brown sugar, chopped pecans, and softened butter together till crumbly; set aside till ready to put on pie.

MIMI'S ZUCCHINI PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch deep dish pie plate.
• Whisk together eggs and oil in a bowl with salt and pepper. Stir in baking powder and baking mix until moistened. Gently fold in zucchini, summer squash, and onion. Pour into prepared pie plate, and arrange sliced tomato over top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to taste.
• Bake in preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, about 35 minutes.

MIMI'S RHUBARB PIE

Steps:

• Put eggs into a large bowl and beat them.
• Put rhubarb into the eggs.
• Add the sugar depending on the sweetness that you like and mix well.
• Put into a pie-line plate; put the top crust on.
• Bake 425 degrees for 40 minutes.
• NOTE: If you want to make a 10-inch pie, make the above plus one-half more.

MIMI'S ZUCCHINI PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch deep dish pie plate.
• Whisk together eggs and oil in a bowl with salt and pepper. Stir in baking powder and baking mix until moistened. Gently fold in zucchini, summer squash, and onion. Pour into prepared pie plate, and arrange sliced tomato over top. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to taste.
• Bake in preheated oven until puffed and golden brown, about 35 minutes.