Apple Pie

If the truth be known, I would much rather spend my time outside digging in the dirt, mending a fence, even cleaning a chicken coop, than be in the kitchen.  The only thing that I enjoy less than cooking is doing the dishes. I would classify myself as an okay cook and I do have some specialties, but I give a two thumbs up! to all of you who enjoy cooking, do it well and find dish washing therapeutic!! Because cooking isn’t my favorite, I prefer simple, no fail, not a lot of dirty dishes type of recipes. They are not hard to find and I’m grateful for them! Fresh cut up fruit is one of my favorite side dishes due to the fact that it’s delicious, easy, and not a lot of dirty dishes. Heck, watermelon comes with its own bowl! When you’re finished with it, just toss it to the chickens or bunnies and they’ll take care of the clean up. 

Of course fall is the time of year when apples are plentiful and also less expensive. You might even have a friend or neighbor who says, ‘please, come and pick all the apples you want!’ My husband’s friend is one of those guys, so when my husband came home with a big tub of apples that he had picked, I had to figure out what to do with all of them. 

I shared apples with some family members, ate quite a few, stored some and made a Dutch Apple Pie. I opted for a Dutch Apple Pie for two reasons: 1) I really like the topping and 2) it requires only a bottom crust. I’m not very good at crusts. I probably work it too much so it’s not light and flakey. I don’t do well rolling out the dough and I manage to mangle it pretty good trying to get it into the pie pan. Also, my decorative edges are not very decorative. 

Several years ago, my mom shared with me a pie crust recipe that she got from a friend that is so simple and easy and does not require dirtying a lot of dishes. If fact, you mix it right in the pie pan!

Here is the recipe in case you’d like to give it a try. I hope that you enjoy!

No Roll Pie Crust:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 Tbsp milk

1- In pie pan, mix dry ingredients together with a fork.
2- Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and add the oil and milk.

3 – Mix with a fork until it forms a ball.

4 – Flatten and press into the pan covering bottom and sides. Flute the edges if you can!

5 – Fill with your favorite pie filling and bake.

Enjoy!