Gilding the Lily or Frosting the Pie

Well, I’m still vacationing in Kentucky and eating way too much good food. The other night my sister bought a pie from a store called the “Homemade Ice Cream and Pie kitchen”. That’s what they do – make ice cream and bake pies. The one we had was a Dutch Apple Pie with Caramel Topping.
It was simply an apple pie with a penuche frosting spread over the top. It was fantastic. You can make one yourself quite easily. Bake a Mrs. Smith’s Apple Pie and let cool slightly. Spread with penuche frosting and serve warm.

Penuche Frosting

1/2 C Butter, softened
1 C Bown Sugar
1/4 C Milk, Whole
1 Pint Confectioner's sugar

Instructions:
Melt the butter, add the Brown Sugar; bring to a boil for 2 minutes.

Stir well, streaming in the milk, bring to a boil, again. Remove from the heat source, slowly adding the confectioner’s sugar.

Beat this long enough to spreadable consistency. If it gets too thick, thin with a little Cold water.

I think this penuche frosting would also be good on a nice peach pie. This is the frosting my mother used on blackberry jam cake, which is a great cake for the Christmas holidays.

On Saturday we spent the day doing the garden tour of Old louisville. There were some fabulous gardens. There were even some vegetable gardens included on the tour.