Apple Crunch Pie

**A friend of mine gave me this recipe and it is one of the best apple pies I've ever had!**

Filling:

• 6 tart apples such as Granny Smith
• ½c lemon juice
• ½ c sugar
• 3 T all purpose flour
• ½ t cinnamon
• ¼ t nutmeg

Peel and core apples. Slice into quarter and then slice quarters into very thin slices. Throw into bowl with lemon juice. Use your hand and and toss slices so they all get lemon juice on them. Next, drain all left over lemon juice. Sprinkle with other ingredients and then dump apples into a ready pie crust (pie crust recipe not included.)

Topping:

• 1 c flour
• ½ c white sugar
• ½ c brown sugar
• 1 t cinnamon
  
• 1 stick chilled butter, cut into slices

Blend all dry ingredients. Toss in slice butter and chop into dry stuff until it is crumbly looking and you do not have chunks of butter. Sprinkle on pie top.

Bake at 450 for 15 minutes and then without opening oven door, turn oven down to 350. Finish baking for 45 minutes more. The pie is done when the apple juice is thick and bubbly.

Brownie Swirl Cheesecake

1 - 8 oz. pkg. brownie mix

Grease bottom of 9" springform pan. Prepare basic brownie mix as directed on pkg. Pour evenly into springform pan.

2 - 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 c. milk chocolate, chocolate chips, melted

Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Mix at medium speed til well blended. Add eggs, one at a time. Pour over brownie layer. Spoon melted chocolate chips over cream cheese; cut through batter with knife several times for marbled effect. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Loosen cake from rim. Cool before removing. Chill. Serves 8 - 12.

Chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Cake:
ingredients:
1 c. buttermilk
2 eggs (room temp.)
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 t. vanilla
2 3/4 c. flour
2 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
3/4 c. cocoa
2 c. sugar
1 c. coffee




Stir together dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder and soda, and sugar).
Mix together buttermilk, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients.
Beat until smooth. Add coffee gradually.
Fill 2 round pans and bake at 350 for 30 min.

Frosting:
Ingredients:
2 sticks of butter (room temp.)
1 egg yolk (room temp.)
1 t. vanilla
1 1/4 c. powdered sugar
6 oz. semi- sweet chocolate (melted)
2 T. coffee

Beat butter until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolk and vanilla. Beat together.
Add powdered sugar gradually while beating.
Add melted chocolate, and coffee.
Do not over beat. Use immediately.