Monday, November 7, 2011

homemade apple pie

let's get one thing straight: i love pie.  like seriously love it.  and for a long time now i've wanted to make a pie.  so i started small.  over the summer i made a blueberry pie using pre-made pie dough -- just to get my feet wet.  more recently i've wanted to make a pie all-completely-totally from scratch.

naturally, i recruited danny into this little project of mine.  and because he's the bee's knees, he became just as excited as i was, immediately writing his grandma for her famous "perfect pie crust" recipe.

soon the plans of one pie turned into three.  we decided we would make an apple pie, a pumpkin pie, and a cherry pie (my absolute favorite), all from scratch by the end of the year.

over the weekend, we made our first one: apple pie.


using danny's grandma's perfectly flakey pie crust, paula deen's apple pie filling, and my grandma's apples, we made quite a delicious pie!  so much so that we'll probably make another one (along with pumpkin) for thanksgiving. :)

3 comments:

Jen Kerr said...

a good pie is the way to any man's heart ;)

molly jane said...

That pie looks delicious. I love all the baking you do. It looks like so much fun (especially since you do it together). You two are the cutest.

Katherine said...

You are such a domestic goddess. Danny is such a great sport to explore fun, new (and old) recipes with you!

Thanks for sharing-- it was amazing! (Nothing like homemade crust...)