| From: Dianne (Original Message) | Sent: 7/22/2005 3:50 AM |
| From: ~Pixie (Original Message) |
Sent: 7/1/2005 5:03 PM |
I found this recipe surfing today....
 Apple Pie [modified for diabetics]
APPLE PIE
9" pie Makes five generous servings
165 Cal., 1 gr. protein, 20 gr. carbo, 8 gr. fat. trace of sodium per serving. *Add NO additional salt. All foods have natural occurring salt and any
prepackaged foods are loaded with sodium.
3 or 4 large Granny Smith, Pippin or Gala apples, peeled and cored and sliced in 1/4" wedges.
Juice of one lemon or lime sprinkled over the apples to keep them from discoloring.
1/4 C turbanado sugar [sweeter than white]
1 tsp. ground cinnamon [or more to taste]
1 heaping T of cornstarch
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Place wedges of apples around the edges of a prepared pie shell, place remaining apple mixture in the center. Cover top with lattice strips. Bake 350/375 degrees
[depending on your oven] for one hour or until juices bubble and the top is browned. Juices have to be bubbling for a few minutes to adequately cook the cornstarch.
HINT #1 Try using a very light olive oil or canola oil instead of solid shortening to make your pie dough. Takes some adjustments in the handling of it, but much better than using solid shortening.
HINT #2 Instead of using ice water, substitute 1/2 C of milk with 2T cider vinegar to sour. Let stand till thickened and then mix with dry ingredients. Vinegar cooks off and you have a terrific flaky pie crust. The vinegar also helps in rolling out the dough. Keeps it tender so that you can handle it and roll it out
several times and it will still be flaky and tender after baking.
ADDITIONAL: Try adding a handful of raisins to the apples, or a handful of fresh or dried cranberries, or broken pecans. Be sure to add in the extra calories and adjust protein and carbo values.
***Remember, a diabetic has to watch carbohydrate
consumption, not necessarily sugar. Sugar, of course is a carbo, but the real culprit to a diabetic is excess carbohydrates.
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