What to do with some leftover apples from apple picking a few weeks ago on a chilly Friday night...Apple Pie. I'm not sure how this delicious treat became associated with being wholesome and all-American (feel free to comment below with the answer to this mystery), but they certainly are fun to bake. A group of us gathered at my apartment Friday night to put those soon to be wasted apples from apple picking a few weeks ago to good use.
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| Katy Prepping the dough |
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| Christine and Aaron having fun putting the lid back on the pumpkin |
In preparation, I found an apple pie recipe on Epicurious and went out to Wegmon's in Cherry Hill to pick up the requisite supplies (amazingly I forgot to pick up ice cream at this visit, but fortunately Aaron saved the day with a Friday afternoon phone call from Trader Joe's). Everyone came over around 8, and we began to make our pies. Aaron and Dave were on peeling, slicing and coring the apples using Aaron's fancy apple coring machine (see video, music accompaniment by Aaron himself...) while Katy and I set about using Epicurious's less than stellar recipe to prepare the crust. In the meanwhile we heated up some of the Apple Cider I'd brought back from our apple picking trip adding in cinnamon sticks for added flavor.
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| Christine, her pumpkin and pumpkin seed |
Christine decided to make it a full on fall festival evening by bringing over her pumpkin to begin carving, so while she was busy scooping the goop out of the inside of her pumpkin (and later separating the seeds to bake for a snack while the pies were in the oven), Lindy kept her company.
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| Covering the pie |
Once the dough had been sufficiently refrigerated, Dave and Katy attempted to role it out into the appropriate shape and size for the pie crust. The dough proved to be more challenging to work with than expected (we blame the recipe) but through their blood, sweat and tears they did manage to roll it out into a solid bottom, then pouring in the apples, cinnamon, sugar and butter to make the apple filling (though Aaron was skeptical about merely placing the butter on top as opposed to interspersed throughout). Then came the truly challenging part, rolling out the top to the pie and getting it onto the pie. After a few failed attempts, the pie was topped and placed in the oven.
Not to be outdone, however, Christine pulled up our friend Phil's apple pie recipe (we miss ya buddy), and decided to whip up her own apple pie with Dave's help. They decided to go one step further, not simply settling for a regular pie crust top, but to try to make a pie with a lattice top.
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| Dave and Christine's Lattice Pie |
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| The Apple Pie From Epicurious |
While the pies were in the oven, we relaxed on the couch, enjoying the company of friends snacking on the baked pumpkin seeds from Christine's pumpkin and enjoying some spiced cider. The pies both turned out to be delicious (though the lattice pie looked infinitely better).
What to do with some leftover apples from apple picking a few weeks ago on a chilly Friday night...Apple Pie. I'm not sure how this delicious treat became associated with being wholesome and all-American (feel free to comment below with the answer to this mystery), but they certainly are fun to bake. A group of us gathered at my apartment Friday night to put those soon to be wasted apples from apple picking a few weeks ago to good use.
Once the dough had been sufficiently refrigerated, Dave and Katy attempted to role it out into the appropriate shape and size for the pie crust. The dough proved to be more challenging to work with than expected (we blame the recipe) but through their blood, sweat and tears they did manage to roll it out into a solid bottom, then pouring in the apples, cinnamon, sugar and butter to make the apple filling (though Aaron was skeptical about merely placing the butter on top as opposed to interspersed throughout). Then came the truly challenging part, rolling out the top to the pie and getting it onto the pie. After a few failed attempts, the pie was topped and placed in the oven.
