Texas Pie
Recipe By: Samuel M, Gabe P, Nicholas B, and Ben A
The voyages of European Explorers forever changed Texas because without one of the explorer's actions, we wouldn't be here.
Ingredients
- A whole writing by Cabeza de Vaca
- A pinch of Coranado
- A dash of Cortez
- 10 cups of La Salle
- Pineda to taste
- A lot of time
- A splash of Columbus
Procedure
- First, mix all of the ingredients in a gigantic human-sized bowl.
- Secondly, pour them into a greased giant Texas shaped pie pan.
- Lastly, let it bake for 200 years at 90 degrees.
Texas Pie Story
Who are The Explorers?
Cabeza de Vaca
Coranado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján was a Spanish Conquistador and explorer. He lead an expedition from Mexico to what is now Kansas. This expedition had the very first sightings of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River.
Cortez
La Salle
Pineda
Christopher Columbus
"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."
-Columbus
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 6 to 7 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 egg white
- Additional sugar
Procedure
- In a small bowl, combine the sugars, flour and spices; set aside. In a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. Add sugar mixture; toss to coat.
- Line a 9-in. pie plate with bottom crust; trim pastry even with edge. Fill with apple mixture; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry.
- Beat egg white until foamy; brush over pastry. Sprinkle with sugar. Cover edges loosely with foil.
- Bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 20-25 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack. Yields: 8 servings.
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