Comments on: Friday Favorite – Easy Apple Pie

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:21:31 +0000

Jennifer,

I have discovered that cube is a regional thing – a cube, stick, 1/2 cup are all the same thing.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:07:47 +0000

I’d love to make this pie. But can’t figure out what a cube equals. I get conflicting answers from different sites. Is it a stick of butter (1/2 cup) or is it 4 Tbs?

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:40:49 +0000

Another So.Cal girl weighing in on the butter debate…cube AND stick…(Grandma from AK) I grew up w/both.

By: ginger

ginger — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:44 +0000

Adding my two cents in from S.Calif. We call it a stick of butter. Cutting it into it a (cube )or slice.

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:33:40 +0000

Shawna »

Well that explains why my friend Sherra who is from Atlanta calls it a stick and I (who is a west coast girl) call it a cube! Glad to know I’m not crazy!

By: Shawna

Shawna — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:26:41 +0000

Growing up in the west, we always called it a cube of butter (1/4 lb or 8 Tble). For the past 17 years, I’ve lived in the South and they call it a stick of butter.

If you’re confused, don’t go to the Nestle website. It says: A cube of butter is a quarter of a stick of butter, that is to say 1oz. If you cut the stick in half and then half again you will see why it is called a cube of butter! As a rough guide 2 tablespoons equals 1 cube.
Your recipe will need half a stick, 1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons, just choose the measure you prefer.

Now doesn’t that confuse you!

By: Mollie

Mollie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:06:21 +0000

Northwesterner here…it’s a cube. I have some peaches that need to be used and may try it with this recipe. Too lazy to make a “crust.”

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:26:58 +0000

Dawn »

So is it an Oregon thing? Or maybe a West Coast thing? Any more Oregonians or West Coasters out there? Let me know if you call it a cube or a stick!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:21:42 +0000

OK, so I’m an Oregonian too, but I have always referred to butter by cubes.My favorite shortbread recipe takes 3 cubes of butter and I actually had to stop and think about how much butter that is. Weird though, because it’s not shaped like a cube.

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:38:15 +0000

OK – does no one else call it a cube of butter? I’m tired of Sherra giving me a bad time about this – there must be somebody else out there that calls it a cube!! Anybody? Please!!!

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:31:22 +0000

Lizzie »

I am so glad you enjoyed the pie. If you lived closer I would make you your own pie and you wouldn’t even have to share with your mom or anyone else! I know your mom isn’t good at that “sharing” thing!! Thanks for letting me know!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:39:35 +0000

Hi it’s Sherra’s daughter. I just wanted to let you know that the pie was the BEST pie I have ever had. My mom and I fought over the last piece and we ended up having to share. We all know Sherra doesn’t share very well lol. It was just as good as last night.It is my favorite for sure

By: Sherra

Sherra — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:24:00 +0000

YUM!! We made the pie for dinner last night. Okay, we actually had pot roast for dinner and the pie was for dessert but I would have been fine with just pie

I’m still baffled by your use of *CUBE* of butter as a measurement. Never seen a cube of butter, never seen it in any recipe except yours, never heard it mention on the farm in the Midwest…must be an Oregonian term?!

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:28:43 +0000

It is posts like this from you that makes me miss the West coast!!! Eat a few apples for me!!!!

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:43:21 +0000

YUM. You are so fortunate to live in apple country. Those apples look delicious.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:55:40 +0000

I enjoy all your recipes and ideas. I have been coming to your site for a few days now and thought I would say hello ! Thanks for all the fun things here!!
Stephanie

By: Melinda

Melinda — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:24 +0000

Just what I need for out of town guests arriving!
I agree with you about ambrosia apples. So good for eating out-of-hand!

By: Tamara Reber

Tamara Reber — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:35:54 +0000

Thanks, Leigh Anne. This looks absolutely delicious. Wish I weren’t back on Weight Watchers again (am to goal weight again), but it will be fun to try out on the children the next time they are in town. Thanks for going the extra mile and taking the mouth-watering pictures!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:17:53 +0000

What an intriguing apple pie! Going in my make-soon folder for sure.