PROCEDURES FOR HOME FREEZING OF BAKED GOODS --continued 



Food 



Pies-con.: 



Apple-con. : 

 Unbaked-con. 



Baked before 

 freezing 



Procedures considered most appli- 

 cable to home freezing 



Packaging: 



Use gleiss, metal, or special paper 

 pie plate (114) . 



Cover with paper plate ^J (114 , 

 145) . 



Wrap in moisture-vapor-proof ma- 

 terial (69, 105, 114, 145) . 



Heat-seal ^ (114) . 



Cover with stockinette ^_/ (69), 

 if desired. 



Thawing and baking: 



Place unwrapped pie in 425" F. 

 oven 5 minutes. Remove and cut 

 vents in top crust. Return to 

 oven and bake 55 minutes longer. 2/ 



Baked apple pie may be frozen satis- 

 factorily. 2/ 



Other procedures noted from the literature 

 review 



Prepara tion-con . : 

 Filling-con. : 



Immerse apple slices in hot sirup (2 cups 

 extra-sweet corn. sirup and 2 quarts 

 water) for 1 l/2 minutes, cool rapidly 

 in colander. 



Itiicken sirup with cornstarch and eidd 



spices (cinnamon and nutmeg) (145) • 

 Dip slices in cold thick sugar sirup (75 

 percent sugar) with 800 mg. ascorbic acid 

 per gallon added (67) . 

 Better to add sugar than to use sirup or to 

 omit sugar from pies (105) • 

 Packaging: 

 Wrappings: 

 Cellophane bags '^J (105) • 

 Cellophane (69, 105, 114, 145) • 

 Metal foil (114) . 

 Waxed paper (67) . 

 Overwrap: 

 Ordinary wrapping paper (114) . 

 Storage: 

 Store at 0° F. y 

 1 month, or longer (145) • 

 6 months or more (69, 114) • 

 Crusts were crisp and tender (not stale or 



rancid) after 6 months (67) • 

 Sirup held color of apples for 2 or 3 

 months (67) • 

 Lemon juice preserved color 1 month (67) . 

 IJndercrust was less soggy when stored 4 

 months than after 1 month's storage (105). 

 Tliawing and baking: 

 Bake in 425° F. oven 45 minutes (105) . 

 Bake in hot oven (450°) 20 minutes; after 

 10 minutes prick top crust with a fork. 

 Keduce temperature to 350°, bake 50 

 minutes (114) . 

 Pastry thawed at room temperature was 

 soggy; oven thawing was better (105) • 



Niethods of tliawing had no effect on flavor 

 and texture of apples (105) . 



Better to bake apple pies before freezing 



(136) . 

 Prebaked pies are not as desirable as pies 



frozen unbaked (67) . 

 Prebaked pies are better than frozen unbaked 



and partially baked pies (105) . 



See footnotes, page 95. 



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