German Fruit Pie
- 1 heaping tsp baking powder
- 1 pint flour
- Piece of butter as large as a walnut
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg, beaten
- Milk
- Apples, quartered
- Cinnamon
- Molasses
- Sugar
Sift together the baking powder and flour. Add the butter, salt, beaten egg and enough sweet milk to make a soft dough. Roll it out half an inch thick. Butter a square biscuit tin and cover the bottom and sides with the dough. Fill the pan with quartered juicy apples. Sprinkle with a little cinnamon and molasses. Bake in a rather quick oven at 375 degrees F until the crust and apples are cooked a light brown. Sprinkle a little sugar over the top 5 minutes before removing from the oven.
Ripe peaches are good also used in the same manner.
Ripe peaches are good also used in the same manner.
Submitted by Jun 21, 2009
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Molasses
- Molasses can remove toxins from the colon and reduce the risk of colon cancer
- Consuming a tablespoon of molasses per day can replenish your iron and help with anemia
- Look for unsulfered molasses because it is more rich with nutrients than sulfured molasses
- Molasses is rich with calcium, magnesium, and iron
- A simple non-spiced rum can be made with molasses, water, and yeast
- Molasses is the left over syrup found when sugar is boiled and extracted from the sugarcane
- 18th century Americans used Molasses to make rum and the outrage over a British molasses tax precipitated the Revolutionary war
- The word "molasses" comes from Portugal, derived from the Latin word for "honey"
Cinnamon
- Add cinnamon to your desserts to help with digestion of your meal
- Many natural health experts recommend a half teaspoon of cinnamon per day to enjoy health benefits
- Test cinnamon for freshness with your nose: Fresh cinnamon has a sweet smell
- Cinnamon sticks will stay fresh for about a year if kept in a cool dry location while cinnamon powder will hold fresh for about half a year
- Cinnamon contains cinnamaldehyde which can regulate hormone production in women
- A study from the Kangnam Korean Hospital showed that cinnamon reduces arthritic pain
- Some diabetic patients eat cassia cinnamon to lower blood sugar
- Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of an evergreen tree that thrives in warm, humid climates
- Cinnamon is a source of good health containing fiber, iron, and calcium
Sugar
- The American Heart Association recommends the following for daily sugar intake: 9 Tsp (Men), 5 Tsp (Women), 3 Tsp (Children)
- The average american consumes over 20 teaspoons of sugar per day
- Most sweeteners including sugar and fruit extracts, cane juices, honey, syrup, etc. have a fructose/glucose ratio of approximately 50/50
- Fructose is found in sugar and most sweeteners and is unhealthy because it goes straight to the liver causing diabetes and heart disease
- Sugar is sometimes referred to as "evaporated cane juice"
- Many people choose sugar over high fructose corn syrup because sugar is not as highly processed
- Consumption of sugar increases insulin levels, increases energy, but then leads to a drop in both and likely a craving for more food
- Sugar is a carbohydrate with about 9 calories per sugar cube
- About 40% of the world's sugar production comes from Brazil
- The fully mature sugar cane stem can grow as tall as five meters
- Sugar cane and sugar beet are the most common sources of refined sugar
- Sugar is sucrose which can is found naturally in many plants
- Christopher Columbus is credited with bringing sugar to the Americas
- The process of creating sugar through evaporation of the sugar cane juice began in India
- The earliest known production of sugar dates back to 9000 BC in the southwest Pacific island of New Guinea