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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

by Karen Greenfield
(USA)

Apple Pie Movie, Book, and Cooking Activity

Turn apple pie into a full cooking lesson with a movie, book, hands-on recipe, and simple game. This activity works well for cooking camps, homeschool lessons, classroom cooking, or a fun family afternoon.

Movie for the Day

Watch UP! and pair it with a travel-inspired apple pie activity.

Book Activity

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman is a whimsical story about a young baker who travels the world to gather ingredients for apple pie when the market is closed. Readers visit Italy for wheat, France for a chicken's egg, Sri Lanka for cinnamon, England for a cow's butter, Jamaica for sugar cane, and Vermont for apples.

See the How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World book.

Mini Apple Pie Turnovers

These easy mini apple pies are made with biscuit dough and apple pie filling. Kids can flatten, fill, fold, and seal their own little pies before baking.

Ingredients

• Refrigerated biscuit dough
• Apple pie filling
• Cinnamon sugar
• Water for sealing edges

Directions

1. Give each cook one piece of biscuit dough.
2. Flatten the biscuit with hands or a rolling pin until it looks like a small pancake.
3. Spoon about 1 tablespoon apple pie filling onto the center of the dough.
4. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the apple pie filling.
5. Dip a finger in water and run it around the edge of the dough.
6. Fold the dough over the filling to form a half-moon turnover.
7. Pinch the edges tightly to seal.
8. Place turnovers on a baking sheet or toaster oven tray.
9. Bake at 350°F until golden brown.
10. Cool before eating because the apple filling will be very hot.

Kid Helper Jobs

• Flatten biscuit dough.
• Spoon apple filling.
• Sprinkle cinnamon sugar.
• Seal edges with water.
• Decorate cooled turnovers with powdered sugar.

Learning Extensions

• Find each country from the book on a map.
• Talk about where food ingredients come from.
• Compare homemade pie ingredients to store-bought ingredients.
• Practice measuring, folding, and sealing dough.
• Discuss teamwork and helping in the kitchen.

Safety Tip: Apple pie filling gets very hot. Let turnovers cool before children eat them.

Game: Paper Airplanes

Give each child a piece of paper and help them fold it into an airplane. Use markers to decorate the planes. Have a flying contest to see whose airplane goes the farthest.

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