Pie in the sky!

The little mince pies of yesterday's post are long gone!

A bowl of Granny Smith apples were calling to be peeled, sliced

and baked into a pie. Let's face it, apple pie is good, and healthy if not 

drowned in sugar. I often find store bought, or restaurant, American pies 

and other desserts so overpowering from the sugar content, I do not enjoy

 them, especially when containing fruit which is nature's natural sweetener.

So, a couple of days ago I baked my favorite apple pie recipe - it was shared some
 years back by my delightful western North Carolina friend, Penny. 
There's a 'secret ingredient' in her recipe which makes it so delicious. 
I admit I did use ready-made piecrust this time - it was waiting in refrigerator 
begging to be used. It's very light and flaky, which is good. I used 6 large
 Granny Smith apples which made the pie quite high and just juicy
 enough - thankfully it didn't boil over, perhaps as I was able to seal
 the edge well! 

Penny and I go back many years and we have shared several wonderful 

get togethers - they are always a lot of fun. We're hoping to catch up again

some time this year.

You can visit Penny HERE at her blog - Enjoying The Simple Things.  

Have you been baking on these early new year winter days, or did you have

 enough of floury rolling pins, baking pans and hot ovens over the recent holidays?