Easy as pie

A few weeks ago my very sweet sister-in-law brought us bags full of yummy little apples fresh from her trees. Auden has loved having them around to eat because they are small, so they are the perfect size for his little hands. He will usually eat two or three a day. I have loved how fresh and pretty they look all piled up in glass bowls and decoratively placed throughout my house. And as for Nathan, he loves that all these apples means homemade apple pie.

Making apple pie only sounds hard. It's actually very easy and it's very, very worth it because;

#1 Homemade apple pie is the yummiest thing ever
and
#2 Your husband will love you forever for making one for him.
I decided to make a fresh apple pie for my hubby just this past weekend. Here's my recipe, just in case you ever want to make one of your own. And trust me... you do.

Grandma's Apple Pie

4-5 large granny smith apples -- peeled and sliced

1 cup sugar

1 Tbsp cinnamon

2 Tbsp flour

2 shakes nutmeg

2 Tbsp butter -- cut into smaller pieces

recipe for 2 crust pie dough -- prepared

(I like to use Martha's, but any pie dough will do. Or if you want to save yourself a lot of time, pick up a package of refrigerated pie crust dough. I do this all the time and it turns out great)

Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, flour, and nutmeg in a large zip lock bag and shake well until all the apples are evenly coated.

Roll out dough for bottom crust and gently press into the bottom of a 9" pie pan.

Pour apples into pie pan.

Top apples with butter. Cover with top crust dough.

Press the top and bottom crust dough together around the edges and trim off excess dough.

Flute the edges. Cut slits in the top crust for ventilation.

Bake at 350* for about 30 minutes, then cover the edges with foil to prevent browning and bake about another 20 minutes or until it's done.

When it comes out it should look something like this...

Um... Yum.

Let it cool on a cooling rack for a few minutes while you make up a glaze by mixing together:

1 Tbsp melted butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

milk - to consistency

Brush the glaze over top and edges of pie. Let pie finish cooling then slice, and enjoy!