Spring

Hi! So I know spring started awhile ago but I wanted to
share a poem with you that I loved and hope you will to

                                   Michigan 

                                   Spring in this country 

                                   Starts windy and grey  

                                   Til the sun settles in 

                                   Chasing winter away

                                   The mourning dove calls

                                   As the leaves take their bow

                                   you can smell the dark earth

                                   Turning under the plow

                                   And the days they grow longer

                                   Our feet they go bare 

                                   As the drone of the bees

                                   Puts a spell in the air             

Clara's Mini Apple Pie

This morning, I wanted apple pie.  I learned to make apple pies this summer from my Gramma Dorth.  I love my Gramma and she bakes lemon meringue pie, apple pie, and any pie you could think of.

Peel, core and chop 3 apples. Place in a medium size bowl.  Add 2 Tbsp sugar, 1tsp cinnamon, a few grates of a nutmeg,    2 tsp lemon juice. Stir.
Place apples in a small, round oven proof dish.

In another bowl, stir together 1/4C flour, a few more grinds of nutmeg, 1/2 tsp baking powder.
Cream together 1 Tbsp Butter, 1/4C sugar and 1/2 a beaten egg in a small bowl.
Mix wet with dry.

Pour dough over the top of apples. Bake 25-30mins at 350*.  Until apples are soft and crust is light brown.
This should feed 1 very hungry person (me) or 3 people willing to eat less.

This pie is not for sale.