A Taste of Home - Apple Crisp Recipe
Family. Food. Traditions. All of these things we associate with the feeling of being "home." My family's traditional recipes have made their indelible imprint on my heart and spirit, their smell and taste even now evoking the feeling of family, and of security and belonging, even though so many of my family are now gone. But that nostalgic feeling of home is renewed when a familiar dish is served. It's that connection to the past and to people through long-ago memories that are brought forth by the familiar sight, smell, and taste of traditional family recipes. Such as my dad, who just couldn't get enough butter tarts. Or me, who couldn't get enough of my mom's special peanut butter cookies, or my waking up to the yeasty scent of her making fresh homemade bread. Or the mouthwatering apple-cinnamon aroma of my grandmother's apple crisp baking in the oven. A taste of home - my grandmother's Apple Crisp recipe My grandmother in 1946, Margaret (Hu...