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I Did It!!

So this fall I put baking an apple pie from scratch on my to do list...I just thought it was something I should be able to do and say that I've done at least once. But, after my apple butter failed (it went from a chunky watery consistency to a chunky burnt consistency) I wasn't really feeling the Little House on the Prairie vibe anymore....after all, they sell these things on grocery store shelves for a reason right?? Well today I decided that I was going to put the apple butter behind me and give the pie a go (mostly because I wanted to get some apples off my counter before they got all soft and mushy). I ended up putting 3 different recipes together because one would always call for something I didn't have or was only a single crust pie and I knew I wanted to make a double. Anyway much to my surprise it turned out great!

Baked with love by Lindsay and Beau.....ok maybe the hearts are a little corny, I wanted to get a little leaf cookie cutter for that purpose but forgot, so you work with what you have.

I had to laugh at myself while Beau and I were making the apple filling though. As I was cutting up the apples Beau kept stealing the slices and eating them. I told him to stop eating them or we wouldn't have enough to make the pie. Then I thought to myself "right...that makes perfect sense....stop eating these perfectly healthy apples so I can coat them with sugar and put them in a buttery crust. Way to go Mom" After that revelation I let him eat his fill ;)

We still had enough for the pie and when Beau FINALLY got to try a piece after supper he gave it his version of a two thumbs up! Just call me Laura!


PS...I'm laughing hysterically right now because I'm listening to Beau repeatedly say "What up Dog?" on the baby monitor beside me.

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  1. DebAnnOctober 18, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    I'm planning on making my first apple pie soon too... Even borrowed a pealer/slicer thing from Kirsten! :D

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