A simple request

For the last two night Christian has been asking me to make an apple pie. I guess this comes from his lesson about Apple Annie.
Chris has told him they can go buy an apple pie, but he was set on making one (good for him).
So what is a good mother to do, you ask??? Well you do this...

1. You call your mother and ask her for a quick apple pie recipe since none of your cookbooks seems to have a plain jane recipe for apple pie.
2. You send your husband and oldest child to the store to buy a pie crust, now the pie crust wasn't from scratch, but I was working on a deadline here.
3. Then as soon as he walks out the door you realize you don't have a pie pan, not a single solitary one.
4. So you call him, but he doesn't answer.
5. You cross your fingers he is a crust already in a tin pan.
6. While husband and son are at grocery store you attempt to entertain EXTREME cranky 1 year old and distract him with his favorite snack, saltine crackers.
7. He sits, semi-patiently, in his high chair watching you frantically cut up apples, mix in butter, flour, dash of salt, sugar, apple pie spice and apple juice.
8. Score one for the husband! He doesn't answer his cell phone but he does get a package with 2 crusts already in the pie tin.
9. The youngest who requested apple pie assists you in pouring pie filling into one pie pan.
10. You quickly dump the second crust on top of the filling.
11. You poke a few holes.
12. You throw on a quick egg wash.
13. You sprinkle with sugar and apple pie spice.
14. The whole family sits down for dinner and you wait....and your three year old waits...and keeps asking for his apple pie.

Not the prettiest pie in the world, but it was good.

And what is apple pie with out Homemade Vanilla Bluebell. Well is almost isn't worth mentioning with out the ice cream to the men in this family.

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He really enjoyed his apple pie. I think he still liked the ice cream the best.

 

Did I mention it was good?!?

And all of this is done before bedtime....score one for the good mom!

 

P.S. - If Santa is reading this post, a pie pan in my stocking would be greatly appreciated.