Today is a special day for us! My amazing husband and I are celebrating our 4th wedding Anniversary! The last four years have been pure chaos! We bought a house, had a baby, adopted a few animals, currently our son's peewee football team is undefeated and going to the Super Bowl, GO HERSHEY TROJANS, and the list goes on! One way to my husband's heart is to dangle a freshly baked apple pie before his eyes! I know now what you're thinking, why not just go and buy a frozen pie and throw it in the oven and be done with it. Let me tell yah, nothing quite compares to a fresh, homemade pie! I hope you enjoy it too! It's super easy to make this homemade pie filling! Firstly, you want to peel, core, and slice your apples. I use my food processor to slice up the apples. I use the slicing blade, and the apples are perfectly sliced every time. The best part, I can slice 6-8 apples in about 30 seconds! Here's what I use: Next, we prepare the sauce. This is my very own recipe. I am constantly forgetting to write down new recipes, luckily, this one is so easy to remember (and I'm documenting it here in case I forget). I also wanted something that uses less sugar than most of the other recipes I've found online. Here is what I came up with. In a medium saucepan, melt 1/4 stick of your favorite butter (vegan butter friendly :) on medium heat. Once melted, add in 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 of white sugar (I use raw, pure cane sugar, so it's not actually white, but you get my point! I have replaced the white sugar with xylitol, and it works perfectly fine. http://amzn.to/2jg0FAG Add in 1/4 cup of your favorite apple juice. Throw in some salt. Just a pinch. I also added 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar. Last but not least, a few dashes of apple pie spice seasoning. This truly sets it off! Here's the brand I use: Constantly stir the mixture, you don't want it to burn. I whisk it the entire time. Once it starts bubbling constantly for about 20-30 seconds, remove it from heat and let it cool while you prepare your pie crust (I'm usually too busy, so I cheat and use store-bought...kill me). My favorite brand is whatever Aldi keeps in stock because it's cheap and easy (just how I like it). Okay, now we combine the apple slices, 5-6 cups, into a bowl add mix in our sauce. Add your pie filling to the crust in your pie pan. My favorite thing to do next is to cut out cute shapes abs arrange them on my pie to make it look super fancy. As it is our anniversary, I went with heart shapes. Cute Right? You can find them here: To get the pie filling to be perfectly cooked and make sure that the crust doesn't get too dark, I bake it at 400° for 10 minutes then lower the temperature to 350° for an additional 45 minutes. How amazing she's this look?!?! YOU GUYS! Before I forget, do you remember that baking mat I used to roast veggies in for my Tomato-Squash Summer Soup Recipe? (in case you need to jog your memory: https://crunchymomsrule.weebly.com/blog/roasted-tomato-and-squash-summer-soup). I used the same baking mat to cut out my perfect heart shapes on! It's a lot better than using a hard surface, because the little cookie cutters can get all the way through the crust without leaving anything still attached to the rest of the dough. I also used the same mat to bake my pie on to keep the cleanup easy! Okay. Let's recap. Caramel Apple Pie Filling Ingredients1/4 C butta 1/4 C brown sugar 1/4 C white sugar 1/4 C apple juice 1 tbsp cream of tartar pinch of salt few shakes of apple pie spice Heat together in sauce pan over medium heat, whisking constantly. Add to sliced apples and voila! Fill your pie crust with mixture and bake at 400° for 10 minutes then bake at 350° for an additional 45 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream or eat it cold, either way, it's AMAZING! ENJOY! Love, Marie #mamamarieskitchen
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