Shonee's beautiful nose

Shonee's nose before Saturday's basketball game...


Shonee's nose after Saturday's basketball game...

Notice the unnatural bulge on the left side of the nose. Ouch!
He had an ER doc who was playing ball say that he may have gotten a slight fracture, but I don't think he's going to go get an x-ray to make sure. He kind of likes the notoriety of having a broken nose. He loves to tell the story, please ask him next time you see him.

Alena's Amazing Apple Pie

Today Alena had a school assignment where she had to create something with local natural resources. She didn't have to actually make her creation, but she wanted to. She decided to make a pie. Local ingredients included apple, raspberry, wheat flour, butter and egg.

To make her pie she took a simple press-in crust from a kids cookbook, an apple filling from the BH&G cookbook, tossed in a cup of raspberries, and added a crumb topping from a different BH&G recipe. It was absolutely incredible! So scrumptious!

Here's her recipe:
For filling:
5 c. peeled, cored and sliced granny smith apples
3/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice
Toss together to coat apples. Then gently fold in
1 c. raspberries fresh or frozen (thawed)

For crust:
4 c. flour
2 Tbsp. sugar
Mix these together, then cut in:
1/2 c. butter
When the mixture is crumbly, add
2 egg yolks
Combine it until it's a ball, then press onto the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie tin.

Pour apple-raspberry filling into prepared crust

Topping:
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
Blend together then cut in:
3 Tbps. butter.
Sprinkle topping onto filled pie. Bake in a 375* oven for 50-55 minutes. Put a cookie sheet directly beneath the pie tin to catch all the syrup that will boil out as it cooks.

Serve warm with ice cream and enjoy!!