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