Friends and family members have been calling and e-mailing to find out how it turned out, so I figured I'd announce it publicly: I made an apple pie today and it looks darn good (see picture). The verdict won't be in until tomorrow, but I'm optimistic.
I don't want to get all cocky about it, given I haven't even tasted it yet. But it wasn't so difficult to make. Even the homemade crust wasn't such a big deal.
In case you're wondering, I ended up using a variety of apples: Cortland, Winesap, and Gala.
I guess I've caught the baking bug because after I finished the pie, I baked sugar cookies with Ruby. We both had fun using her toy-sized cookie cutters to make various shape cookies: stars, hearts, little people. But eventually, Ruby lost interest and turned to Play-Doh to bake a "birthday cake." Sadly, the sugar cookies were pretty tasteless. Her Play-Doh cake probably tasted better.
"Think I should serve them tomorrow?" I asked Avo.
"Are you proud of them?"
"No."
"Then don't serve them. I wouldn't."
Good advice.
Instead of wallowing in my minor failure of the afternoon, I decided to bake brownies. Nothing too fancy. Just basic brownies. Once I whip some cream tomorrow, they'll be delicious. Of course, I'm hoping all eyes will be on the apple pie!
I'll report back.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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I can't wait to hear the apple pie taste report! Do tell you when you get a chance! The secret to sugar cookies is not too much flour, to roll them out as little as possible (which is hard if you're using a cookie cutter) and lot of vanilla and/or lemon zest. The New Joy of Cooking recipe is very reliable. Oohhh, also, a lot of sugar cookies aren't very good at all until you frost them!
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