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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Is apple pie healthy?

It has apples in it and cinnamon is good for blood sugar.

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

I think that the ammount of sugar and butter in apple pies would outweight the benefits of the cinnamon, the apples might still have a bit of benefit.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Apple pie, when I make it, doesn't really have that much sugar. And practically no butter. And LOTS of apples. The pie crust (when I make it) does have shortening and one egg for 4 crusts. Which is why when I want a "healthy" dessert, I make an apple crisp-- with an oatmeal crumb topping. The oatmeal cancels our the butter-- especially if you use a heart-healthy margarine (like Promise spread) instead...

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Sounds good.
I made the worse most ugliest crust ever.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

And of course, if Splenda doesn't make you sick like it does me (it tastes like burnt rubber to me, and apparently 3%-ish of the population) you could use that instead of sugar and be even MORE healthy-ish.

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

mmm
It;s such an ugly pie.
Martha Stewart would laugh her posterior off at it.
BUT IT'S SO DELICIOUS.
I used 3 different kinds of apples and put a LOT of cinnamon, I drowned it in cinnamon, used brown sugar and mixed it with my hands until it was good and brown.
It's great.
But I wish I didn't fail so much at crusts.

I wonder how I'm supposed to lose weight when all I want to do is eat apple pie, hot selfmade chocolate with whipped cream and school boy biscuits, dark chocolate.
At least I used lowfat (2%) milk.

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

Pie > Cake

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MEC:
Pie > Cake

Ooooh, yes.

I often ask for pie instead of cake for my birthday. Usually rhubarb pie. [Big Grin]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

I don't know, I sure love redundantly demonically chocolate cake a lot better than cinnamon drawned pie, but pie is good too.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

I love apple pie. This thread is making me hungry.

Posted by Endless Orion (Member # 11017) on :

I feel so left out. The only apple pie I've ever had are the ones you buy at McDonald's... I think i'm culinarily lacking... I had cheesecake for the first time ever last week, I can count the different types of pie I've tasted using one hand, and ... I really need to start expanding my food horizons.

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

Apple pie at McDondalds is not real apple pie.

Syn, if you make your pie yourself, if you stew the filling (or bake it in with no added fat (butter/oil)) and if your pie crust is reasonably healthy, the it's a great dessert.

And as KQ said, it is even healthier as crumble. For my crumble topping, I rub oats (just the regular porridge/breakfast cereal ones) with just enough butter/margarine to make them moist. Rub, as in, with my fingers - blend it in. When it it is only just moist, I add some sugar - about 1-2 tsb all up. I rub some more, until it becomes crumbly. When that happens - that's my topping! I lay it out on my apple mixture, and grill it - and voila, crumble!