| We love baseball, hot dogs, apple pie | | | | favorite. In Vermont, the apples may be |
| and Chevrolet - or so an old ad for | | | | sweetened with honey or maple syrup. And |
| Chevrolet tells us. Apple pie is as | | | | in many restaurants on Cape Cod, rather |
| American as... well.. apple pie. If | | | | than vanilla ice cream, your piping hot |
| baseball is the All-American sport, then | | | | slice of heaven will be served topped |
| apple pie is the all-American dessert. | | | | with a slice of melting cheese. |
| And while the internet and book stores | | | | In the Southern states, with their |
| have spread the recipes far and wide, | | | | predilection for creamy, lightly spiced |
| there are classic apple desserts in | | | | foods, the most common apple pie recipes |
| every region that are characteristic of | | | | include Apple Cream Pie (made with sour |
| the cuisine for that area. Wherever | | | | cream) and Apple Bourbon Pie, with |
| Johnny Appleseed spread orchards, there | | | | raisins soaked in bourbon. Raisins |
| are recipes that make use of other | | | | soaked in rum are another popular |
| regional ingredients and traditions to | | | | addition to 'apple pie' in the South, |
| create unique desserts with apples and - | | | | especially in New Orleans. Other |
| whatever! | | | | additions include rhubarb, diced peaches |
| If you think of apple pie as having two | | | | and walnuts. |
| crusts and a filling of apples combined | | | | Midwestern Apple Pie is the classic |
| with sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and | | | | apple pie - two flaky crusts packed with |
| nutmeg, some of the regional variations | | | | thick, sweet, juicy apple slices mounded |
| may surprise you. Apple cobbler, apple | | | | high and vented to let the fragrant |
| pandowdy, apple puff, apple crisp, apple | | | | steam escape. In Kansas or Missouri, |
| brown betty are all variations of apple | | | | your apple pie will satisfy any purist - |
| pie in different regions. The prevailing | | | | served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream |
| apple recipes for any region may be | | | | that melts into the syrupy filling and |
| affected by the variety of apple that's | | | | adds the perfect touch of creaminess to |
| hardiest and most popular in that area, | | | | the mix. |
| as well as the style of cuisine that's | | | | In the South and Southwest you'll find |
| prevalent. | | | | deep-fried apple pie, a variation that |
| In New England, for instance, most apple | | | | matches melt-in-your-mouth flaky fried |
| recipes call for Pippins, Granny Smith's | | | | crust with sweet, diced apples in a |
| or other firm fleshed, sweet varieties | | | | syrupy sauce. And in Pennsylvania, the |
| of apple that cook up well and lose | | | | home of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Apple |
| little moisture when being baked. In | | | | Crumb Pie and Apple Pandowdy take the |
| Maine, it's not uncommon to find | | | | place of Apple Pie a la Mode on most |
| blueberries in your apple pie. In | | | | restaurant menus. |
| Massachusetts, cranberry apple pie is a | | | | |