Fresh-picked apples for an apple pie

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katiescarlett29 organized a lovely apple picking trip this past weekend, which yielded a lovely crop of apples. Despite the fact that I was not permitted to climb up on the trees, I had a very nice time seeing everyone and drinking hot mulled apple cider. I chose tart apples, Cortland mostly, because as far as I'm concerned, the best thing to do with lots of apples is to bake a pie. Here is my haul, displayed in my lovely copper bowl.

And here is the pie, looking so ugly that I have been referring that I have been referring to it as "Frankenpie."

I forgot to put the dots of butter on top of the apples before I laid the top crust down, as I am often inclined to, but it's not as tasty without all the gooey goodness the butter provides. So I decided to perform surgery on my once-lovely crust, quartering it up and carefully peeling back the quarters so I could lay the butter inside. Then I sealed it back up and popped it in the oven. It looks pretty ugly, but I will say it's the first fully lidded pie I've made in a while that didn't suffer from pie dome-- where the crust hardens above while the apples cook down and there is an empty space between the two.

And hey, it tastes just right. Which is all that really matters. And tomorrow for the breakfast, I'm having me some pie.

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That looks delicious. I can't believe you were not permitted to climb the trees, though. Some of the riper apples I found required a bit of climbing to reach...