Deep Dish Cheese Apple Scallop and stuff!

Since all my cookbooks are now in a manageable order, (see a couple of posts down) I decided that I would try and cook at least one thing out of these old books called Fabulous Foods. Each one has 12 or 13 smaller books inside. So, today I decided I would make a recipe out of the first book called "The Casserole Cookbook" Deep Dish Cheese Apple Scallop:

Butter a 2 qt. casserole.

Thoroughly blend together:

3/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar

3 Tbls. flour

1 tea. cinnamon

1/2 tea. salt

1/4 tea. nutmeg

Cut in with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture is in coarse crumbs:

3 Tbls. butter or margarine

1 tea. grated orange peel

Grate and mix in :

3 oz. cheddar cheese (3/4 cup grated)

Wash, quarter and pare and cut into 1/8" slices:

6-7 medium size firm, tart cooking apple (I used Granny Smith)

Arrange one half on the apple slice in casserole. Sprinkle with one half of sugar-cheese misture; repeat. Sprinkle over the top:

1/4 cup orange juice

Cover surface with mixture of:

1 1/2 cups corn flakes, coarsely crushed

1/4 c firmly packed brown sugar

Bake at 375 35-40 minutes or until apples are tender when pierced with a fork. Cool slightly and serve with heavy cream.

And this is what it will look like:

What! You mean you can't see anything in this dish? Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that when I thought to take a picture of it, 4 teenage boys had come in for lunch and devoured it. So I am assuming that it was quite tasty!

I tried to work out in the garden some today but the pollen was just too much for me. I have mostly outgrown my hayfever, but when the tulip poplars are blooming it really does me in. Here is what I got for Mothers Day! A pink hydrangea. I have one that is blue, one that is almost purple and one called a "lace cap" that is white with blue on the edges.

And this is one of my most favorite sights

Pears! My poor pear tree thinks its way bigger than it is! I have to prop up its limbs every year even after I have pulled some of the pears off so the branches don't break.

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday!

Blessings

Linda