Kandree Eldredge

Breaded Pork Chops

Corn

Bread Kunerdle

Mini Apple Pies

Breaded Pork Chops

Salt

½ cup flour

1 egg, beaten well

½-1 cup dried bread crumbs

1 cup vegetable oil

4 pork chops

Lightly salt pork chops on both sides. Dip the pork chops into the flour and coat evenly. Dip the pork chop into the egg and then bread crumbs. Place the breaded pork chops into a shallow frying pan with hot vegetable oil and cook until golden brown. Transfer the pork chops into a baking pan and cook in the oven at 350 degrees until the meat is fully cooked, about 15 – 20 mins.

Bread Kunerdle

½ loaf bread

1 cup milk

4 eggs

1 tsp. parsley

Cube the bread and place in a large bowl. Add the milk, eggs and seasonings.  Stir the mixture coating everything evenly. Set aside and let soak for a half hour. Transfer mixture to a clean cheese cloth, compacting the mixture into a ball. Make sure the cheese cloth is securely fashioned around the ball with a twist tie. Place in a pot of boiling water and cook for half  an hour.

Mini Apple Pies

3 ¾ cups thinly sliced apples

1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar

1 ¾ tsp. cinnamon

Pastry (see crust recipe below) for a 9” double crust pie

Wash, quarter, peel and slice apples;  measure to 3 cups.  Combine sugar and cinnamon.  The amount of sugar used depends on how tart your apples are.  Arrange apples in layers.  Sprinkle each layer with sugar and cinnamon.  Dot top layer with small pieces of butter.  Cover with top crust.  Place on lowest rack in oven preheatd to 450.  Bake for 10 minutes; reduce oven to 350 and bake for 30-35 minutes longer.  Serve warm or cold with vanilla ice cream and a sprig of mint for garnish.

 Crust

¾ cup plus 2 tsp. flour

1/8 tsp. salt

¼ cup plus 1 Tbsp. butter, chilled and diced

Ice water

In a large bowl, combine flour and salt.  Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in ice water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball.  Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.  Roll dough out to fit a 9 inch pie plate or 4 mini pie plates.  Place crust in pie plate.  Press the dough evenly into the bottom and sides of the pie plate.