A Year Poured Out

Honest 

  Earnestly I seek you;
   my soul thirsts for you;
   my flesh faints for you, 

in your Name I will lift up my hands.

Pie & Sky

PIE

It's the day before the day before the first day. 

The hushed lull between the birth of a Child and the birth of a new year.  I've experienced much over these few weeks, I'm still ruminating over the stories and songs. 

I love Christmas. 

And I love this time of the year, even if it's a little odd without any snow. 

Speaking of a little odd, here's a recipe I'm posting for you. Yes, a recipe. (I know, odd.)

It's a Brink family tradition during the holidays (and any other day, for that matter) and one that I've been attempting to perfect (with much help of my Grandma) this Christmas season. Enjoy.

"Be good for each other. Be better than you need to be. Make pie." 

- A Prairie Home Companion

Apple Pie Cuts

 Filling:

10 medium sized apples

            (Peeled, sliced)

1 cup of sugar

2 teaspoons of cinnamon

Crust:

2 ½ cups of flour

1 cup of shortening

1teaspoon of salt

 (Mix together like pie crust, until granulated)

1 egg, separated

 Place yolk in a 1 cup measuring glass and fill with milk to the 2/3 cup line.  Whisk together. Set egg white aside in small bowl for later.

Take the crust mix and make a small well in the middle of the bowl. Add the egg and milk mixture all at once. Stir until completely incorporated.

Roll out half of the dough on a floured surface, on a 10 x 15 pan.

Place in pan and sprinkle 2 handfuls of dry flaked cereal (rice crispy, cornflakes etc.) on top of crust. Add apple mixture. Roll out remaining crust and place on top.

Beat egg white until frothy and smear over the top of crust.

Bake at  400˚ for ten minuets and then turn down heat to 375˚ and bake for a remaining 20 minuets.

Glaze:

1 generous cup of powdered sugar

Add a little bit of half& half so the consistency is thin enough to drizzle

Add ¼ teaspoon of vanilla.

Glaze immediately

From the kitchen of Grandma Jan Brink 2007

SKY

Waiting for the breaking

the heavenly host singing

glory

churning for this coming

air and planet humming

glory

to God in the highest

and peace 

to those with whom He is pleased. 

50mm, f/3.5 @ 1/40 A mid winter ev'n sky

Come and take Your Place, Jehovah Shammah