A very sweet old woman passed away today

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The neighbors closest to us are of Scandinavian heritage and moved up here about 30 years ago. The wife's mother was in her 90s and was mobile and in her right mind, and every time she saw Duke and me together, she would always wave and greet us with salutations. That's how I want to go out. Physically functional, mentally capable, and then BAM! Props to Hilda! Nice old lady.
 
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turbo said:
The neighbors closest to us are of Scandinavian heritage and moved up here about 30 years ago. The wife's mother was in her 90s and was mobile and in her right mind, and every time she saw Duke and me together, she would always wave and greet us with salutations. That's how I want to go out. Physically functional, mentally capable, and then BAM! Props to Hilda! Nice old lady.
My condolences. Peace be upon her.
 
I hope she rests in peace. Sounds like a wonderful woman.
 
Sorry to hear it, turbo, my Mom passed the same way, I bet you will miss her wave and
friendly smile, but that is something good to remember her by.

Rhody...
 
Thanks, all. When I see the vehicles of her daughter, son-in-law, or the grandson, I will always (at least for a time) be looking for her in the passengers seat. She was always smiling and waving. When Duke would hop up and down and bark (his greeting) she would just smile, and when he'd do his more urgent barking because something was out-of-place, she'd smile and say that the neighborhood had a good watch-dog.
 
My wife has her recipe for Swedish apple pie, and it's fantastic. No bottom crust, just a cakey top crust, and very little sugar. I'll think of her every time I eat a slice.
 
Sorry you had to loose a close neighbor, and by all accounts a very nice pleasant one Turbo. My thoughts go out to you.

Rhody...
 
Hilda's Swedish Apple Pie

Spray or grease pie plate

Fill plate (about 8 regular apples)

Sprinkle with mixture of:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp baking powder

Beat one egg, add 1/2 cup of sugar gradually, and 1 stick of melted margarine or butter, then add 1 cup of flour and stir until smooth.

Pour batter over apples.

Bake 40 minutes at 350. Batter should be light to golden brown. Cool pie and refrigerate.
 
My condolences.

She sounds a bit like my grandmother, who will be 92 years old this year. Still up and running, she even visited some relatives in France recently! Also makes great cakes.

The pie sounds really nice! Also very common in Sweden is a crumble, also with no bottom crust and topped with a lovely crumbly crust made out of flour, butter and sugar. Did Hilda also make cinnamon buns and serve you a proper Swedish "fika"? Best part of the day, the afternoon "fika" moment!
 
She was a nice old lady. She did all the baking in the family, making pies, cakes, sweet rolls, etc. I have to ask my wife to see if she can get more of her recipes. If they are as good as this pie, though, I might need to start dieting.
 
"To live on in the hearts of those you've left behind, is to have never died at all."
 
She was a sweet old lady, indeed. My wife has that apple pie recipe down cold. Incredible pie!

It is so nice to meet a person who is unfailingly pleasant. We have another (periodic) neighbor that is that sweet. She is ~20 years my junior and would love to be able to move up here instead of working in Mass. We're pretty luck WRT neighbors.
 
Hilda's son-in-law stopped in this noontime with two rounded-over quart containers of wild blueberries. Best of all, they were picked "clean" - bare minimum of those tiny stems, under-ripe berries, and NO leaves. Just taking a little break from sorting and packaging them, and my fingers are kind of blue. Still, those berries are worth the effort - pancakes, muffins, etc.
 
This is a nice place to live. I would like to live farther out in the woods (farther from peoples' dryer vents), but I don't know if I can manage that.
 
turbo said:
Hilda's Swedish Apple Pie

Spray or grease pie plate

Fill plate (about 8 regular apples)

Sprinkle with mixture of:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp baking powder

Beat one egg, add 1/2 cup of sugar gradually, and 1 stick of melted margarine or butter, then add 1 cup of flour and stir until smooth.

Pour batter over apples.

Bake 40 minutes at 350. Batter should be light to golden brown. Cool pie and refrigerate.

Adding some milk to batter won't hurt :-p Otherwise you can spread the batter, but there is no way to pour it.

Baking.
 
Borek said:
turbo said:
Hilda's Swedish Apple Pie

Spray or grease pie plate

Fill plate (about 8 regular apples)

Sprinkle with mixture of:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder

Beat one egg, add 1/2 cup of sugar gradually, and 1 stick of butter, then add 1 cup of flour and stir until smooth.

Pour batter over apples.

Bake 40 minutes at 350. Batter should be light to golden brown. Cool pie and refrigerate.

Adding some milk to batter won't hurt. Otherwise you can spread the batter, but there is no way to pour it.
I am always game for a new pie or crumble recipe.
Sounds like this one has some great memories to go with it.

I would normally sift baking powder together with the flour and combine with other batter ingredients. Baking powder is a leavening agent, releasing CO2 into the batter yielding a light texture.

If you leave out the egg and baking powder in the topping, as kloptok also described, it becomes an apple crumble; :-p which is a very popular recipe in the U.K. as well.
 
Perhaps I wasn't clear. If you follow the recipe you will get batter that has consistency of a putty - no way to pour it on the apples, which is what the recipe calls for. So either the batter should be made thinner and poured, or the batter should be not poured, but sprinkled (if that's the correct word).
 
Borek said:
Perhaps I wasn't clear. If you follow the recipe you will get batter that has consistency of a putty - no way to pour it on the apples, which is what the recipe calls for. So either the batter should be made thinner and poured, or the batter should be not poured, but sprinkled (if that's the correct word).
Actually, it is dumped on the top of the pie and spread out with a spatula. Poured was not a good choice of word, perhaps, but it was the phrasing used in the original recipe.
 
turbo said:
Hilda's Swedish Apple Pie

Spray or grease pie plate

Fill plate (about 8 regular apples)

Sprinkle with mixture of:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp baking powder

Beat one egg, add 1/2 cup of sugar gradually, and 1 stick of melted margarine or butter, then add 1 cup of flour and stir until smooth.

Pour batter over apples.

Bake 40 minutes at 350. Batter should be light to golden brown. Cool pie and refrigerate.
do you think she meant to add the baking powder to the topping rather than the fruit filling?
 
It's possible. It's an old hand-written recipe, and it might have been handed down across languages...