Yesterday morning, MY Jane and I got the idea that we should put together a Caramel Apple pie. We had all the ingredients. Why not? Jane would do the Apple filling and Caramel and I would do the pastry. Pitter patter – lets get atter.
I started on the pastry and Jane started on the caramel and apples. Everything was going along fine until I mentioned that I was ready to put the pastry dough in the fridge for half an hour to chill. That’s when Jane realized her peeled apples would turn brown if left out for that length of time! Oh oh!
I decided to try rolling the dough before it was chilled completely. That’s when things started going down hill. The stupid dough got stuck on the counter and in the meantime Jane’s apples were turning more and more brown. I ended up chilling the dough even longer and finally got it into the pie plate.
Hallelujah !
Jane got the really brown apples into the pie plate and now it came time to put on the top layer. This is when I found out from Jane that the pastry on the top had to be latticed. Geez! Latticed! “Yes,” she said. “It has to be latticed so I can pour in my carmel sauce.” I had no idea how to do that so I suggested to Jane that she would have to do the latticing.
I rolled out the remaining pastry dough and Jane cut it into strips then started placing the strips on the top. Well, evidently I did not leave enough dough for this and the strips were rolled too thin to stay intact throughout the latticing.
Here’s a more candid shot of the above:
By now I was ready to jettison the whole works and forget about it but Jane convinced me to make some more dough and try again. We finally got it done and put it in the freezer for baking at a later time. I’ll post photos of the finished product and tell you how it tastes.
On another note, my cousin George and his wife Jean, who have been our guests for the last few months, are happy to be finally moving into their brand new house today.
It’ll be a busy time for them and will get even busier in the next little while. George is insisting on having his annual Thanksgiving dinner this coming Saturday and then in less than two weeks, they’re off to Jordan on a Habitat for Humanity project of which he and Jean are the leaders. Crazy schedule to say the least! Crazy relatives, but we’re happy for them!
Life Unfolding 
lol Love the shots of the pie.
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