I am pretty sure that I inherited my dad's sweet tooth because I love sweets - desserts. Not so much pastries like doughnuts and such, but I love cookies, cake, the occasional piece of pie and now and then, kuchen. If anyone knows how to spell that correctly, please let me know.
KUCHEN:
We make this on bread days and apple is my dad's favorite kind. I think this is a German sweet...we just grew up with it. You take bread dough and put it in a pan. Put some sliced apples/peaches/plums/rhubarb or whatever fruit you have on hand on top of that and pour a bit of cream on top. Let it rise (raise?) with the rest of the bread and then bake it.
PIE:
Every time I go home I try to bring lemons so I can make my dad his favorite pie: lemon merengue. My nephew, Teddy, also enjoys this treat so he came over to learn how to make it. This dish, I have learned, really is easier with two people: one to do the pie and one to do the merengue. Really, I started assigning the merengue to my dad so he'd stay out of my way while I made the pie! I'm sure I have blogged about making this pie with my dad every time I have done it. It has become one of my favorite adult memories with him.
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| Teddy and Ted make the merengue. |
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| My dad never could keep his fingers out of stuff... He's testing the merengue to make sure the peaks are stiff. |
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| And he has to see that it tastes alright. |
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| Pie is baking...my crusts never look nice, but that merengue sure does! |
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| Teddy is quite proud of his finished product. |
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