My First Try - Apple Pie!

I am a little embarrassed to show you the finished product, so here is a shot of it just going into the oven!

This was my first half-way (store bought crust) homemade apple pie, and the taste turned out great, BUT it doesn't look so wonderful. I left it in the oven just a few minutes too long and the edges of the crust are burnt. Also, as you can see I had some issues rolling out the dough without it cracking, but no one noticed once we started eating!

I am going to try to make another pie for a Fall Party I am hosting this weekend, but I doubt between work and cleaning I will attempt to make my own crust, so it will be another half-way homemade pie, but I am ok admitting to that.

I do have to say that I found a new reason to love the apple-peeler that my husand bought me for Valentine's Day (romantic, huh?). It cut the time of peeling, slicing, coring, AND cutting the apples down to a minute or two for 6 cup of apples with nothing else needed, except for this one great gadget!

Let me know if you have any other apple recipes that I should try, because I still have quite a few apples to work with and don't want them to go bad or be wasteful!

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