Apple Pie Made Easy

One of Ryan's most favorite pies is Apple. I'm not a huge fan of it and always thought it would be too difficult to make so for many years I never tried. My mama always enjoys spoiling Ryan and makes him his very own apple pie at least once a year. Then my mom shared the recipe with me and I had no excuse but to make an applie pie as a good wife should. My favorite part about this pie is that it is so easy. The one thing that makes it is easy is that I use store bought crust vs homemade. I know some of you may think that is not the proper homemade pie etiquette, but I guarantee if you tried it you wouldn't know the difference. I have tried it both ways, as for many years my mama only made homemade crust, but I think the store bought crust is just as good and it takes half the time.

1 pkg of pie crust

Then.....

6-7 Gala apples (or the apples my neighbor picked and shared) peeled and sliced
1 1/2 Cups of sugar
1 Tbls of cinamon (give or take, I usually just add until I think it looks good)
2 Tbls flour or constarch
1 Tbls of fruit fresh (help keep the apples from turning brown)

Mix the above ingredients with sliced apples.  Pour mixture onto bottom pie crust (that you have already  placed in the pie pan).
Add 3 Tbls of margarine over sliced apples. Then add top crust and pinch sides together.
Make some slits on the top crust (or mark it with an M for Muhlig :) ).  Cover with tin foil and bake @ 375 for 1 hour, then uncover and bake for another 1/2 hour. It should be done at that point but check with a fork to make sure apples are not crunchy. Once removed from the oven, brush a bit of milk over the top and then sprinkle cinamon and sugar. Enjoy!