The smell of apples and cinnamon in the fall always takes me back...

Have You Been Looking For The Perfect Recipe For Apple Pie?

If you're like me, you can spend hours looking for that perfect recipe: simple, clear, easy to follow. And of course, it has to taste great when you're done, or what's the point?

But if you're like me, you're also way too busy to be spending that kind of time looking for recipes: there's the job, the kids, the house, the DH - all of that takes time!

How a Successful Career Woman Came to Write A Cookbook:

Some of my earliest, and happiest, memories revolve around apples: For instance, the first time I ever rode a horse, I was just three years old. But I remember it like it was yesterday...

Daddy picked me up and set me on this old chestnut gelding named Dodger, and I was in love. It happened at the old Triple Bar Ranch in Battle Creek, Michigan.

(Sadly, the Triple Bar is gone now, but it won't be forgotten...)

After that first ride was over (too soon!), Dodger's owner, Mrs. Barkley, told me that horses loved apples, and she gave me a crisp shiny apple and said I could feed it to Dodger. I took a bite, and then offered the apple to Dodger, who very gently took a small bite and chewed contentedly. I took another bite, then Dodger took one, then I took one more before letting Dodger finish it.

It was truly a magical moment

A lot of other magical moments from my childhood featured apples, too. Like the fall and winter holidays, when we'd go to Nana's house for holiday dinners; sitting at the "kid's table" for the family feast (which always featured some kind of apple dessert), the caramel apples, Nana's homemade apple sauce, and the mouth-watering smell of apples and cinnamon coming from the kitchen, where Nana baked the most amazing apple pies you've ever tasted...

Later, when I began riding lessons, I begged to give apples to my lesson horses. The stable owner said it was OK, and more magical moments happened when Daddy and I took our fall trips to the local orchard to gather bushels full of yummy treats for my four-legged friends.

Over the river and through the woods...

Of course, we always had to stop at Nana's on the way back to let her pick the best apples for her delicious pies and apple sauce, and she always made a fuss over me and told me what a big girl I was getting to be, and she always had a homemade treat for me (even if it was just an apple that she would peel for me with her old paring knife).

And whenever I gave an apple to one of "my" horses, I always shared them with them, bite for bite, just like I did that first time with old Dodger.

I guess it's not so surprising that apples got all tangled up in love — the love I felt for my Daddy, for my Nana, and for my horses.

Those were the days...

As the years went by, I learned to enjoy cooking, but I always regretted that I'd never asked Nana for any of her apples recipes before she passed; I let a treasure slip through my fingers. I can't tell you how many times I've wished that I could turn back the clock and go back to Nana's and ask her for her apple pie recipe, her apple crisp recipe, or her apple cake recipe.

But you can't turn back the clock, so I'm always on the lookout for apple recipes, and when I find one, I always try to tweak it just a little to see how close I can get to the way Nana used to make it (heck, I even try to tweak things that Nana never made to see how close I can get to how she might have made it).

And, although I've seen lots of cookbooks over the years that featured a particular type of food or ingredient (you know the kind I mean: "101 Ways to Boil Cabbage"), I've never found one that was devoted totally to apples.

So I decided to write my own.

For Daddy. And for Nana. And Dodger. And Mrs. Barkley.

Cooking with Apples

Cooking with Apples is the result of a year-long quest to find the best apple recipes, test them all in my own kitchen (and on my own family, bless their hearts), and add a little tweak here and there, just like Nana used to do.

It turned out to be a 120-page book, because I included 94 different apple recipes (everything from appetizers to entrees, from Apple Sauce to Waldorf Salad) and some interesting (and useful) extras. For instance, how many times have you asked yourself...

"Hmmm... What kind of apples should I use for this recipe?"

Remember when you made that apple pie and it smelled delicious but the apples came out all mushy and gross? Cooking with Apples has a full-color apple chart — with pictures — that will show you exactly which apples to use for any recipe (and more importantly, which to avoid), so you'll never waste your time or money making an apple recipe with the wrong apples again.

It's "easy-peasy"

If you're like me, you like simple, easy-to-follow recipes, and that's exactly what you'll find in Cooking with Apples. In fact, they're so simple and easy to follow, even your husband can probably make them and do a good job!

I know you've seen recipes in cookbooks and magazines that go on and on, page after page, until you barely remember where you started; in my book, almost every recipe fits on a single page (there are a few that go on to a second page, but they're the ones where there's a natural break: for instance, pie filling on one page, crust on the other), so you'll be able to print out just the recipe you want to make tonight and take it to the kitchen with you.

Speaking of printing:

Another great feature of Cooking with Apples is the layout: it's designed to be printed on standard letter-sized paper, so you don't have to buy special paper or worry about complicated printing directions; just click the printer icon on any page and you're on your way! (Of course, if you want to buy nice photo paper and print the whole cookbook in full color, you can do that, too. )

Besides allowing you to use the paper you already have in your printer, the standard letter-sized layout allows you to store the recipes you've printed in a standard binder, so chances are, you can use things you already have on hand, and that saves you more time and money! (Of course, you can go out and buy a pretty binder for these recipes, but you don't have to...)

And that's not all: The recipes are laid out with slightly different font styles for the ingredient list and the instructions, and that makes it super-easy to find your place at a glance. No more scanning a page full of tiny text, wondering where you left off before you had to wipe up that spill...

All together, these features can be real time-savers (and stress-reducers)!

And talk about saving time and reducing stress

Another great thing about Cooking with Apples is it's downloadable, so you can order it right now and have it on your desktop in minutes.

• Without fighting traffic
• Without trolling for a parking place at the mall
• Without having to deal with the holiday crowds
• Without leaving the comfort of your own home

Also, because Cooking with Apples is downloadable, you can try these recipes right away: you'll quickly see that this book is everything I say it is and more!

"But, Let's Face it, a Cookbook is Only as Good as the Recipes: How do I Know These Apple Recipes are Any Good?"

Good question! Some of these recipes come from the Apple Products Research & Education Council, and some come from the U.S. Apple Association; others come from professional chefs and world-class restaurants. All of them are delicious and easy to prepare. But you don't have to take my word for it, here's what a couple of people who've actually tried them have to say:

Heck, you don't even have to take Deb's or Randy's word for it, Cooking With Apples comes with a 100%, no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee: Order Cooking With Apples today, try it out for a full 90 days, and, if you're not satisfied with it, for any reason, just let me know: I'll give you your money back, and you can even keep the book!

OK, but what kinds of recipes are in it?

There are 94 different recipes in all: everything from appetizers to main dishes, including

• 17 apple drink recipes: from Apple Cider (4 different kinds!) to a Belgian Wassail, even an Apple Martini!
• 6 lunch recipes: from Apple Cheddar Panini to Waldorf Chicken Salad
• 22 entree recipes: from Apple Bacon Cheddar Bake to Zesty Beef and Apple Empanadas with Cool Apple Dip
• 9 side dishes: from Apple Sauce to Baked Apples, Sweet Potatoes & Cranberry
• 37 dessert recipes: from Apple Berry Crumble to Apple Cheesecake and Apple Cobbler, to Apple Turnovers and Applesauce Cake, and, of course...
• 7 different kinds of Apple Pie!
• And even more recipes: from Apple Butter to Caramel Apples to Worcestershire Sauce, literally, too many to list here

Order With Confidence

And you can be 100% sure that your order is safe, and that your personal information is secure: I use PayPal, the most trusted name in online credit card processing, to handle all my transactions. And don't worry; even though you probably already have one, you don't need a PayPal account to order: you can place your order using any major credit card regardless of whether you have a PayPal account or not.

How much is your time worth to you?

You'd have to spend literally hundreds of hours to reproduce this cookbook: searching out the recipes, trying them out, tweaking them so they're just so, editing the ingredient lists and laying out the instructions so they're easy to follow while you're cooking, etc., etc., etc...

Luckily, you don't have to do any of that, because I've already done it for you: I've tracked down the recipes, tested them out, tweaked them here and there, and then I hired a professional graphic designer (a delightful woman who lives in romantic Venice, Italy) to do the book's layout and graphics, so it looks as good as the recipes taste.

So I'll ask you again: how much is your time worth to you? If you're like me, it's priceless. But on the practical side, even if you took a job at minimum wage, you could easily earn well over $1,000 in the amount of time I spent putting this cookbook together.

Now, I'm not going to do that whole crossed-out price thing they always do in ads...

(You know what I mean):

• Would you pay $997 for this cookbook? Of course not!
• Would you pay a tenth of that ($99.97)? Ridiculous!
• How about a hundredth ($9.97)? Now we're talking!

We're all adults here; we don't need that kind of hype

I'm going to ask you to invest a mere $9.97 in a unique cookbook that will save you time and money, make you look good to your friends and family, and help you feel good about yourself. (I mean, who else do you know that's going to know how to make even half of these things? Your friends will be so jealous! And your kids will think you're the best mom ever! Wouldn't that make you feel good about yourself?)

That's got to be worth ten bucks, right?

Try It Risk-Free

But don't decide now: try Cooking with Apples 100% risk-free! Order now, put it on your credit card, and use it for a full 90 days: If you decide it isn't for you — for whatever reason — just email me for a prompt and courteous refund, keep the book as my gift to you, and chances are good that the charge will be refunded before you get your next statement.

What could be fairer than that? The risk is all mine.

Click the "Add To Cart" button to get your copy right now!

You'll be glad you did!

Sincerely,

Louisa McCree

P.S. Remember how I told you how much I regretted never getting to ask my Nana for my favorite apple recipes? Don't click away from this site and tell yourself you'll think about it and come back later; who knows if you'll ever get back to this site again? How many times have you said, "I've got to come back to this site when I have a little time to myself", and then never found that site again? With my 100% money-back guarantee, there's no risk, so why not order the book right now, while you're right here thinking about it?