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I love this time of year!! The cool crisp air, bon fires, chili, football season starts, apple orchards and nothing like a good ol homemade apple pie!!  Mmmmm Mmmmm!!
Addison and I visited an orchard with some friends down in Lakeville and she had so much fun picking apples, she kept saying, "I pick apple!" and would show me each one. What to do with all the yummy apples we picked...well first off I made a delicious apple pie today!! I found the recipe from all recipes.com
Apple Pie by Grandma Ople
Ingredients:

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
• 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
• cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (I added this on my own to the recipe)

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.

here are some fun pictures from the orchard

pulling her wagon to go apple picking

checking her apples