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   >>> country foursome little big town and now she's stepping into the stage to host her own cooking show , " kimberly southern."

   >> up in maine i was taught to eat a lobster maine style, what they call in the rough, where you tackle the whole thing.

   >> all right. and she joins us now. kimberly , good morning.

   >> good morning.

   >> do i have the storiy right, that as a little girl you used to sit and pretend you were hosting a cooking show ?

   >> i did. i did, and i'm not sure what inspired it, but i would get on the counter, and i this voice that i would use, stir and stir and add these ingredients and i had this crazy weird voice but, yeah, it was a dream since i was a kid. never dreamed it would be reality.

   >> here it is, reality.

   >> going to put you to the test. we'll start down here. these are the apple crisp mini pies, is that right?

   >> they are good.

   >> is this a family recipe?

   >> this is my momma's recipe. i grew up in apple country in north georgia , where apples are abundant, especially this time of year so she would make this as a kid, a big old pot of it so i make a little smaller version.

   >> you have a little girl who likes to cook with you now, 5-year-old.

   >> little daisy. quite the cook. makes up recipes. they are not always edible, but we still try.

   >> let's start off here. what do you want me to do in.

   >> five grabby smith apples. throw them in this butter.

   >> granny smith , your favorite.

   >> my favorite.

   >> the way to go.

   >> because they are tart. going to put a little water in here to get the juices going. they are tart, firm, and they are going to go great with our little sweetness, a little tart and little sweet. perfect marriage.

   >> how long do we do this?

   >> a few minutes as they will tender up and i'll make the filling that goes in there. sugar, white sugar, brown sugar , tapioca pearls and self-rising flour.

   >> i bet the tapioca is a good idea. what's the benefit of that?

   >> thickens it up, thickens up the sauce a little bit which will go great with the soft yummy apples.

   >> you spent a lot of time on the road.

   >> oh, yeah.

   >> how do you balance the cooking with your career?

   >> i'm figuring that out. i love, love, love to cook, and i even try to cook on the roads. we have a little electric skillet. that's all we have, but we do the best we can.

   >> i don't think that's going to work.

   >> we're dumping this in. will you give this a stir and mix that up.

   >> absolutely i will, and i'll move on to the topping which is a crunchy crumbly topping. self-rising flour, sugar, cinnamon, net muutmeg and allspice and here's a trick, butter. cold butter. i'll use my fingers.

   >> cubes.

   >> cubes.

   >> what's the advantage of cold?

   >> because it's crumbley. it will stick together.

   >> i did perfect.

   >> that 's wonderful .

   >> for me that's pretty good. yeah, that sugar just has to melt over the apples and sweeten emup a little bit. it's perfect.

   >> tell me about the little mason jars you have here. i love that touch.

   >> this is portion control . my mom made the big old pie.

   >> i was going to say southern cooking and portion control . those two don't go together.

   >> today we're doing it in these cute little jars.

   >> i lived in the south and didn't know about portion control .

   >> this is the topping all done. so if you want to fill that with some apples, i'll do one and you do one.

   >> all right.

   >> and in the south, you know, we just take care of each other through food.

   >> sure.

   >> if you're celebrating, if you're grieving, if you got a new job or lost your job, my mom will be at your door with a pie, you know, just take care of you. and then we take the little crumbles on top, it's awesome.

   >> going to be crumble and get really beautiful golden brown .

   >> already pretty beautiful.

   >> what's the next move.

   >> put it in a little water bath , because in the water bath , it will help the heat just be even and cook all around and at the same temperature and throw them in the oven. 350 degrees for 25 minutes, voila.

   >> that is beautiful. even i can do that.

   >> can we get the mason jars anywhere?

   >> can you pick them up at the grocery star, yeah.

   >> so you want to try, you want to taste?

   >> of course. that's why i'm here, kimberly . to try.

   >> you have to have a spoon. let's dig in.

   >> this is so good.

   >> this is momma's -- that's mom momma's apple crisp .

   >> your momma taught you well. this is very good. kimberly schlapman, the recipe on the website at today.com, and i'm talking with my mouth full.

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