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