Who doesn’t love APPLE PIE!
It’s comfort food!
I’m all about fast and easy recipes. (Fast and easy also describes one of the characters in The Merkabah Recruit) Editing and rewriting consumes much of my time, so I like to get in and out of the kitchen fast!
Apple pie is one of the quickest and simplest pies to make!
Unless you’re a purest, skip the homemade crust. There are plenty of excellent crusts on the market. Check the refrigerated section–grocery stores usually keep them near the cookie dough.
Ingredients
- green apples, 6 or more depending on size, peeled and sliced
This makes peeling apples a snap! Available at Bed, Bath & Beyond and most kitchen stores.
- 1/2 T cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- a few pats of butter
- pie dough for top and bottom crust
- a splash of lemon juice if the apples begin to turn brown while your peeling
Roll out one of the dough rounds in glass pie pan. Heap apple mixture in pan–I like my pie stuffed with apples. Cover with top crust. Seal bottom and top together using thumbs and forefingers.
Puncture crust with fork in a pretty sunburst pattern.
Brush with milk and sprinkle with sugar (adds sparkle). Bake in 425 oven for 15 minutes then lower to 325 for 35-40 minutes. If fluted edges become too brown, cover with tin foil and continue baking.
Serve plain or a la mode. Drizzle caramel sauce over top.
