JT’s Favorite, Now Oprah’s Favorite…

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Food | 6 comments

Oprah has named her favorite things that will be in her December O Magazine. One of them has been my favorite for some years. The Carmel Pecan Levee High Apple pie at the Blue Owl Restaurant in Kimmswick, Missouri. This tall pie is so delicious, my husband and I love the taste. The pie has almost 20 thinly sliced apple slices that are piled into a mound with crust on top, covered with carmel sauce and sprinkles of pecans. A masterpiece.

This is the highest apple pie that I have ever seen.

When I look at this pie, it makes me think of the holidays. Do you see all the layers of thinly sliced apples with cinnamon? Oh my goodness! You can cut a slice on Thanksgiving Day and pop it in the microwave for 15 seconds and put a dollop of homemade vanilla ice cream on top.

Total delishness!
If you are ever in Kimmswick, MO please stop by the Blue Owl Restaurant to get a slice or your whole Carmel Pecan Levee High Apple pie to take home and enjoy. Be prepared, one slice of pie will feed two people. And if you are not a carmel apple pie kind of person, there are many other choices that will satisfy your cravings.

If you order the pie from the Blue Owl Restaurant website, on Oprah’s website where she list her favorite things she is so gracious to offer a code which is OPRAH to receive a discount on the purchase price f the pie.

 

Cranberry Bread Recipe

by | Aug 16, 2009 | Food | 1 comment

 

Photograph by JT

I received this recipe from a volunteer at work. She would deliver scrumptious goodies around Christmas time to different parts of the museum.

Yummy did I say yummy, oh yes I said yummmmmy!

Cranberry Bread Recipe

1 cup of canola oil
1 cup of buttermilk
2 Eggs (eggbeaters)
2 cups of sugar

Beat until blended

Combine and add to above

3 cups of flour
1 tsp. of baking soda
1/4 tsp. of salt

Stir in by hand but you can also use a mixer

1 cup of chopped pecans
1 cup of walnuts
1 cup of pitted dates (chopped to your specialty)
2 cups of thawed cranberries (cut in half if large)

Bake in greased and floured Bundt pan at 350 degrees for 1 hour and five minutes depending on your oven until toothpick comes out clean and cool on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan.
Please note –The recipe calls for thawed cranberries. That’s because I always keep them in freezer so they are available all year long. I always use fresh (buy them when they are in season.

J and I tweeked this recipe because we wanted to make it healthy but tasty. Well we succeeded in doing that indeed.

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