Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating fruit. Well, desserts made with fruit. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group.  Today Sneha of Sneha's Recipe is hosting and she's given us the prompt of making desserts with fruit. Here's the line-up of what the #SundayFunday bloggers are making... Lemon Cheesecake with Lemon Curd Topping From  Amy's Cooking Adventures  Lattice-Topped Apple Pie From Culinary Adventures with Camilla Cherry Pie Bars From Making Miracles Mango & Vanilla Panna Cotta From Mayuri's Jikoni Blackberry Lemon Bars From Karen's Kitchen Stories Strawberry Fool with Meringue Topper/Base From Sid's Sea Palm Cooking  Fruit & Chocolate Trifle From Sneha's Recipe Boozy Nectarine Crumble From Food Lust People Love Banana Enchiladas From A Day in the Life on ...

I have been friends with Jenn since we were in high school. And while most teenagers were probably out on dates on a Friday night, you could usually find me and Jenn at home. Most Friday evenings, we'd have dinner, bake an apple pie, and watch movies. Yes, we were hell-raisers, weren't we? Apple pie and movies... So, when Jenn realized that we were celebrating her birthday on Pi Day (that's 3.14 - March 14th!), we settled on pies as the theme. Naturally, she asked for an apple pie. Done. Ingredients makes one 9" pie Crust 2 C flour + more for rolling 1/2 C organic powdered sugar 3/4 C butter 2 T vodka 1 T Calvados (apple brandy, or more vodka) 1 T cold water Also needed: parchment paper, rolling pin, pie pan Filling 3 to 3-1/2 pounds apples, approximately 8 medium apples (I used organic Gala apples) 1/2 C  organic light brown sugar, divided 3 T flour 2 T Calvados (apple brandy, or more vodka) 2 t freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 t koshe...