Rule the World With Apple Pie

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By Tara

I rarely make or eat pies. Whenever I make a dessert, I think of making brownies or cookies.  I never think of making a pie because  it is so time-consuming. When I do eat them, though, it’s one day out of the year on Thanksgiving. That is the one day I look forward to. In my life, I have had many different kinds of pies on Thanksgiving. I have had lemon, apple, pumpkin, pecan, strawberry, rhubarb, blueberry, and strawberry-rhubarb pies. Though I have had many different kinds of pies, apple pie is my favorite.

I can remember the first time I had apple pie when I was six years old. I sat down and there it was, just sitting on my plate. I saw crust, apples, and spices, and I thought it was an apple cake. Once I bit into the pie, I still didn’t know what it was. My mom finally told me that it was an apple pie, and it quickly became my favorite food for years. Eating this pie makes me feel like I rule the world. When I dig in to an apple pie, it’s like no one is there, even if there are many very loud people in the room. I feel like I am in a food trance when I eat apple pie. 

This apple pie comes from “The New Basic” cookbook. It’s my favorite, with its warm mushy apples. Making this pie is a family event. Someone cuts the apples while someone else lays the crust down. It’s like an assembly line in the kitchen. Every time I make this pie, I make sure that is hot and it just came out of the oven.  When I bite into the hot, toasty, buttery, flaky crust, crumbs fall everywhere. By the end the of the night, I am in covered in little flakes of crust. After each bite of this apple pie, I want more.