My Apple Pie

By the way! My apple pie was served as a side for a local bakery yesterday! Fun! I hope people liked it.

Here's their post about it on Facebook.

Apple Pie Bake-Off

Our neighborhood always has a big 4th of July event. They have booths, food, music, games, a hotdog eating contest, and an apple pie bake off. Last year the apple pies were so good and anyone can try them and vote. I decided to enter the bake off this year.

Until now, I'd never made an apple pie or even homemade crust. It intimidated me. Before making the pie, I did a TON of research on pies, filling, and crust. I made a sample pie Thursday night and brought it to work Friday for feedback.

Here's the pie recipe I used: Glazed Apple Cream Pie  I added a couple extra apples, added extra cinnamon and apple pie spice, and extra glaze before serving.

I tried this crust recipe: Pie Crust  The crust was good but not what I was expecting. So for the contest I used this recipe: Ina Garten's Perfect Pie Crust  This recipe was really good and really easy to make. I made sure all my ingredients were cold, chilled the dough before rolling it out, and then chilled it before adding the filling. For the top I tried a lattice top. It actually was really easy and looked very professional.

When I submitted the pie they said it looked very good. Presentation wise, it looked better than the other pies. We got to try the pies and vote. Honestly Matt and I really did prefer my pie. Turns out...my pie WON!!! First time making an apple pie and it won! Overall it was a great experience. It was a small contest but maybe now I'll be brave enough to enter a bigger bakeoff. Time to come up with the perfect pie!!!