We should rest in Christ alone for our salvation. But along with that there is still an abiding principle that we ought to worship on the Lord’s Day and trust God enough to have a weekly routine where we cease from our normal labors... He made the Sabbath for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). God gives us Sabbath as a gift; it’s an island of get-to in a sea of have-to. He also offers us Sabbath as a test; it’s an opportunity to trust God’s work more than our own. When I go weeks without taking adequate time off, I may or may not be disobeying the fourth commandment, but I’m certainly too convinced of my own importance and more than a little foolish. If my goal is God-glorifying productivity over a lifetime of hard work, there are few things I need more than a regular rhythm of rest.

Kevin DeYoung

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Cooking liv, Import	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		One batch flaky pie dough
1/3	c	Light brown sugar
1	c	All-purpose bleached flour
6	tb	Unsalted butter; melted
2 1/2	lb	Firm; tart apples, such as northern spy, granny smith, pippin or golden delicious
2/3	c	Sugar; light brown sugar or a combination of both
2	tb	Flour
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Finely grated lemon zest
3	tb	Cold unsalted butter

INSTRUCTIONS

CRUMB TOPPING
FILLING
Prepare and chill the dough.
For the topping, combine sugar and flour in a mixing bowl; add butter and
stir in evenly. Set mixture aside for 5 minutes, then, using fingertips,
break the mixture into 1/4 to 1/2-inch crumbs. Set aside while preparing
filling.
To form the pie crust, remove dough form refrigerator and place on flat
work surface. Roll dough, still between sheets of plastic, to a 12-inch
disk. Peel off top piece of plastic and invert dough to pie pan. Gently
press dough into pan and peel off top piece of plastic. Trim excess dough
to within 1/2-inch of the edge of the pan and turn excess dough under at
edge. Flute edge of pie. Chill crust while preparing filling.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and set a rack in the lowest level. For
filling, peel, halve and core apples. Cut apples into 1/2-inch dice. Place
diced apples in a bowl and add filling ingredients, except butter, tossing
well to combine. Place filling in dough-lined pan, mounding it slightly in
center. Dot filling with butter and cover with prepared crumb topping.
Bake the pie for 15 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven. Lower the
temperature to 350 degrees and move the pie to the middle rack. Bake the
pie about 20 to 30 minutes longer, until the crust is a deep golden and the
juices are just beginning to bubble up. Cool the pie on a rack and serve
warm or at room temperature.
Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8988
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #902 by "Angele and Jon Freeman"
<jfreeman@comteck.com> on Nov 12, 1997

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