Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Apple Pies on a Whim

Picture I took of some of the apples that were picked.

At the present moment, apple picking season is in full swing! What does that mean to apple lovers everywhere? Cider, cobblers, applesauce, and PIE. 

A relative and a few friends decided to go apple picking at an orchard near us and brought back bags of apples, not really knowing what to do with them. So, in a spur-of-the-moment type of thing, we decided to make an apple pie. The pie, or what turned out to be pies, ended up varying from the original recipe (here) because we didn't really have a great dish to bake it in and we didn't have enough flour, since it was made on a whim with little to no preparations.

Below are some pictures depicting the process of how we ended up making our pie(s). For the filling, we just split the entire bowl between two pie dishes, although only one is pictured. For the crusts, the recipe calls for double the amount of pie crust in their original recipe, but we only made enough to cover the pies and not enough for the bottom layer. We used the graham cracker crust for the bottoms of the pies. It probably would have turned out a bit better if we hadn't used to graham cracker crusts. It's not entirely a bad alternative, though. 

Making the pie filling.                                                              Making the top of the pie crusts. 
















Although it differed from the original recipe, it actually turned out pretty well. I wasn't so fond of the graham cracker crust on the bottom because it ended up slightly burnt. Oh well. I would advise following the recipe, although I did like making two pies instead of one. 

This looks like an angry face to me >w<

Here are both of the pies we ended up making.