I made another apple pie from scratch a few nights ago; this time I tried this recipe. I've been staying away from pie crust recipes that use shortening because I don't like to use it (consider this part of my own food ethics), but I gave in after reading about how it makes for a much richer crust in the end; the crust was indeed tasty, although I think I'll stick to recipes that don't use shortening in the future; it perplexes me to use it in such large quantity.
I used Golden Delicious apples this time instead of the Granny Smith apples I've used in the past; because of this I cut back on the sugar immensely, although the pie still formed a lot of liquid at the bottom... delicious sugary apple juice. I also had Mike crush up some walnuts and threw those between the apple and lattice layers.

The finished product, straight out of the oven:
(Excuse the dirty oven, it got a little out of hand but the stove top slabs are soaking in hot soapy water as I write this.)


A close up of my "I <3 pi(e)" handiwork:


Mmm... pie:

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