Today is the love of my life's birthday! Yeaaaaa! It's his birthday! He is so behind the time and was not privy to such foods as apple pie before he began dating me. So, um, yeah. Weird, I know. He is a sweet potato kind of man. I remember being on a date early on and sharing some apple pie with him. He was like, "Whoa! What is this?!" I'm like, "Dude, APPLE PIE?!" He said he never had it! Really, at 37 and he never had apple pie?!
Anyway, it is now his favorite and I am going to bake one for the first time for his birthday. As a backup, I am making his second favorite: Snickerdoodles. Now I am mad because the store was out of self rising flour. So I can add a pinch of salt to the flour, but I'd rather have the self rising. So back to the store--sending step daughter.
OMG! My oven is possessed y'all. It stays going off. Even with a brand new oven or a newly cleaned one, it always makes the smoke detector go off. It is so annoying! UGH!
This is not my recipe. It is more of a review. I used apple pie from Betty's Kitchen on youtube.
Ingredients
6-7 tart green apples (Granny Smith)
cinnamon and sugar
pie crust (premade) or homemade
Pie pan
salted water (to prevent browning of apples)
Step one: Peel the skin off the apples leaving as much skin as possible. I do not believe in wasting food!
two: Core the apples
three: cut thin slices of the apples. it should make about 6-8 cups of apples.
four: Place them in a bowl with the salted water to prevent browning. after I core and slice each apple I place in the bowl. This is great. It helps keep the apples pretty.
five: roll out the pie crust. I cheated and used a pre made crust. So much simpler and less stressful for me.
six: place one pie crust in a pie pan. I used a super deep dish one I got a Giant grocery store for about $7. It is red and pretty with scalloped edges. Ceramic son! DO NOT PIERCE the bottom crust!
seven: pre heat the oven to 320-350 degrees if you have a possessed oven like me. She says, I think 425 degrees but that is hot as hell!
eight: Drain the apples of the salted water. Replace with sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle it over the apples. leave for about 5-10 mins. This will make its own liquid. You WANT that. That is what helps make that gooey liquid factor.
nine: Pour apples and its liquid over bottom crust
ten: This is a double crusted pie. Use or make a top crust. Pinch or scallop the edges. Or if you are feeling bold, make a lattice top. Easier than it looks.
BAKE, COOL, Eat with ice cream!
