3 apples can totally become a pie

a different crust recipe this time around, but same filling recipe from thanksgiving. it calls for 8 apples, but we only had three. cutting up the apples into thin slices helped make up for the lack of heaping piles of apples.

before baking:
after baking:

this recipe is the first I've ever used that calls for the sugars and butter to be heated on the stove top and then poured over the apples/lattice crust. this makes the lattice crust all kinds of delicious as the sugars solidify on top and seep down into the apples.

next time I think I'll make sure we have more apples (this pie was an impromptu dessert and not planned) on hand....and I'll definitely re-use this crust recipe- it's flakier than the thanksgiving pie's and it still doesn't require shortening (which is not readily accessible here).