I made a pie.

I did.
Me.
I still can’t believe it.

It was for an office potluck and surprisingly, it turned out really pretty. My coworkers accused me of buying it and pretending to make it.

Lame, right?

I was so impressed with myself that I took a bazillion pictures to show off my domestic-ness. Unfortunately, I uploaded them incorrectly and only 1 showed up in my Picassa web album. Darn it! For now, here is a picture of the final result. I will share more soon!

 Ingredients

1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie – I used a premade one by Pillsbury

1/2 cup unsalted butter

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/4 cup water

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Directions

   1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.

   2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.

   3. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/detail.aspx

If you’re new to pies, like I am, I highly recommend Pillsbury’s pie crusts. Very easy to use & yummy. I learned how to do the lattice crust from watching this Youtube video.

 

 I certainly didn’t use a ruler & struggled to do this on my tiny excuse for a countertop. Here is the video I used to teach myself. Skip to 1:48.

Tomorrow, pie attempt part #2 for our Canadians in New York Thanksgiving celebration. This time blueberry. Wish me luck!!

I would like to wish each and every reader a very happy Thanksgiving.  I promise to post my pie pics soon.