Cakes & Pies

Apple Pie

�  2 piecrusts 
�  baking apples 
�  cinnamon 
�  allspice 
�  2T-1/4c sugar 
�  tapioca 
�  cornstarch or flour for thickening 

Assuming you know how to make a piecrust, real apple pie is very simple: 

1. Press the piecrust dough into a pie pan. 

2. Peel, core and cut baking apples into wedges 

3 .Toss with cinnamon, allspice and perhaps 2T-1/4c sugar and a bit of 
tapioca, cornstarch or flour for thickening; 

4. Fill the crust generously. 

5. Cover with piecrust and make zillions of holes with a fork *or* Cut strips of 
pastry dough and weave a lattice top. 

6. Bake in a medium oven until brown.

Banana Cream Pie

� 1 lb. extra firm, dry-packed tofu
� 3 to 4 ripe bananas
� 4 Tbsp. real maple syrup
� 1 large graham cracker crust
� Chopped walnuts (optional)

Press all excess water out of tofu and cube. Combine bananas and syrup in blender/food processor. Add tofu. Blend until smooth. Pour into crust. Top with chopped walnuts, if desired. Refrigerate until it sets.

Honey can be substituted for syrup. You might also try topping with chopped bananas or strawberries instead of walnuts.