It's hard to believe I'm teaching my very last kindergartner this year! We have plenty of Five in a Row to enjoy together and this one is one of my favorites. J5 and I endeavored to make the apple pie from the recipe at the back of the book. I'll admit I added a few things- from previous experience this is not the best recipe ever.
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| First, he had to help peel, core, and slice the apples. This is always a treat for the kids...me not so much. |
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| Pouring sugar... |
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| We used the salt we evaporated from salt water and the cinnamon bark Dan brought home from his trip to Saudi Arabia last winter. |
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| R10 gets the salt from the bowl- remember our salt experiment? |
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| We grated the cinnamon with this tool and we added fresh nutmeg as well- the freshest possible ingredients! |
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| Pressing the dough- not a homemade crust. I plan to conquer that this year. Really. |
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| We loaded the pie shell full of apples. Yum! |
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| Crimping the edges of the pie |
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| Ready for the oven! He even made the venting slits. |
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| We had lots of left over apples and we made a second pie...I still have more apples to process. I have enough left to make more sliced ones for use through out the year and to make apple sauce with our mill and some apple butter. |
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| The finished pie...the only thing that would make it more amazing is a homemade crust. Oh, do you see the pan underneath the pie? This is made to catch pie drippings. Here's a shout out to Charlene, our former neighbor and friend who introduced us to this little tool. It doesn't have a solid bottom. There's a big hole in the center! |
J5 also put together a really nice notebook to go with his unit. I'll post those next I think. Now we are doing a unit on pumpkins. J5 is so on fire to learn how to read and do his school. It's a really special time for us. I hope you enjoyed our apple pie making! Now that my kids are older, I am really starting to enjoy cooking and baking with them. Have you tried doing home ec in your homeschool?
3 comments:
That pie looks really good! You all did a good job.
That pie really does look delicious! Where is mine?
Ahhhh, another fun day at Heather's Homeschool.
I meant to comment on this yesterday. That pie looks awesome!
I think I may add a cooking assignment for this week!
Sarah
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