I love baking and I’ve discovered that I make a pretty mean apple pie. I’ve been told by a few people that it is the best apple pie they have tasted. It also happens to be my favourite apple pie.
One thing I cannot seem to do is make anything look pretty.
It looks tasty, and I could try to pass it off as rustic, but the crimping is uneven, and disappeared on one side during baking. There was a tear in the crust when I was rolling it out and trying to patch it up left an odd, pale crater. None of this will affect the taste, but it is frustrating when I really do try to make things look pretty.
The other frustrating thing is that I always forget to put the dabs of butter on the apple mixture. Every damn time I get the crust on, patch holes, clumsily crimp the edges and when I turn to grab the knife to cut the vents, I see the plate with the little dabs of butter that I prepared earlier in an attempt to not forget them.
Then I throw a quiet temper tantrum.
I finish off the pie and put it in the oven, cursing myself and my Swiss cheese brain.
I am sure the butter would make it even better, because, well…..butter! But I can tell you that if you forget this step it doesn’t make the pie bad. Perhaps it is best if I always forget so that I am unaware of just how much better it could be.
It looks fantastic to me!!