Scottish Lemon Cheese Pie

I planted to make Scottish Lemon Cheese Tassies, but being in a typical Christmas mood filled with tones of hectic the Tassies turned into a Scottish Lemon Cheese Pie which is easy and fast to prepare.

I am going to take this beautiful Scottish Lemon Cheese Pie to our neighbors house... where we are  invited for our second Christmas Dinner this year...Merry Christmas!

You need for the dough:

1 cup of all purpose flour

7 tbps of unsalted butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 egg yolk

1/4 cup sugar

First place the flour and the ice cold butter in a food processor and pluse 5-7 times, then add one egg yolk, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla extract and mix everything together until it forms a dough.

Place your dough in a round baking sheet and bake it about 12 -15 min in 350 F oven. Make sure that it is nice and golden brown.

Filling:

8 oz cream cheese (soft)

1/4 cup sugar

1 tbsp lemon zest

vanilla 

1tbsp. lemon juice

Mix all the ingredients together and then pour it on top of your baked crust. Bake it again for about 15 mins. Done!

Egg NOG Apple Pie Recipe

Here is my recipe for my Egg NOG Apple Pie which I made for Christmas 2014:

What your need:

Pie Crust:

2 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tbsp. sugar

280 g cold butter

1tbsp. shortening

Add everything in a food processor and pulse 8 times. Then use the function dough and mix everything together add cold water if needed. 

This can also be done with a kitchen aid machine.

Place the dough 1 hour in the fridge.

Filling:

6 -7 Apples, slice fine

100 g raisins

3 -4 apricots, sliced

2 -4 shots Rum

40 g almond slices

100 ml Egg NOG....add spices like cinnamon, vanilla and other Christmas spices you wish.

Peel the apples and slices them fine. Add lemon juices to prevent them from getting brown.

Use a pan and put 1 tbsp of butter and 2 tbsp sugar melt. Then add your apples with the raisins and apricots and rum to the pan and simmer for about 5 mins. Pour the mixture on a baking sheet and let it cool.

Once the filling is cooled off add your Egg NOG on top of it.

Divided your dough in two equal halves. One half you use to form the bottom crust and the other half is to use it later for the top. Re-fridge it the other half which you will use later.

Use flour before spreading the dough. When your roll out your dough start in the centre and work yourself up continue to do this until you have a medium thin dough sheet. Roll it on your pin and place it in your butter pie baking form. Then add your filling and repeat the same with the other half which you need to put it on top of your fillings.

If you have left over dough use your cookie cutter and place the Christmas shapes on top of your apple pie dough. Then brush your dough with egg wash or water.

The oven has to be warm 375 bake for 20 mins. then turn it down to 350 and bake for another 35 mins. DONE!

Egg NOG Apple PIE

Christmas is right in front of our door. Children are impatiently waiting to receive their presents which are surrounded under the Christmas Tree. Bells are ringing and we sing Silent Night, Holy Night a child is born who brings Peace to this earth.

I wish all of you Peace, Freedom and Joy to the world whether you believe in Jesus, Buddha, Allah or in nothing. I wish you all the blessing with your family or without your family.

Maybe, this is going to be your first Christmas in your new apartment, new home or maybe you are going to be all by yourself, because your separated from your spouse, grief over a lost one.  I know how it feels to be alone ...not being invited to join in ...I was once in your shoe and celebrated Christmas as a single mum with my son who just turned 3 years of age... one week before Christmas.
The great thing was that I felt warm in my heart and that I gave my son the BEST Christmas I ever good give him ...JOY to the WORLD...

I made an Egg NOG Apple Pie Canadian Cake:

This is going to be for my son where we are celebrating Christmas tomorrow

December 24th, 2014

The smell of this beautiful Egg NOG Apple Pie is soooo

Delicious  to the TASTE

Merry Christmas

The recipe will be uploaded later....