Single Crust Apple Pie

What's Thanksgiving without apple pie? This past Thanksgiving, I was in charge of apple pie and decided to try out a new recipe. Since my favorite part is the cinnamon apple filling, I chose to make a single crust pie, so I could load the pie with my own apple filling. The result was delicious, but it's not your traditional apple pie.

Ingredients:

6 apples

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 tbsp cinnamon

6 tbsp butter, slightly melted

1/3 cup water

1 pie crust

Steps:

1. Core and halve apples. Cut into thin slices.

2. Toss apples in lemon juice, 1 tbsp cinnamon, vanilla extract, brown sugar and 4 tbsp of the melted butter.

3. Add 1/2 cup water and mix well.

4. Boil on stove until apples are soft and most of liquid has boiled off. Set aside.

5. Coat pie crust in 2 tbsp butter and 2 tbsp cinnamon.

6. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 degrees and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

7. Fill pie crust with apple filling.

8. Before serving, warm apple pie for 10 minutes at 200 degrees.

Serves 6-10

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:1 can Whole Packed Pumpkin
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 tbsp Cinnamon
2 Eggs
1 Pie Crust, unbaked

Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Combine pumpkin, condensed milk, eggs, and cinnamon and mix well.
3. Pour combined pumpkin mix into pie crust.
4. Bake pie for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 325 degrees, and continue to bake for 45 minutes, or until knife comes out clean.

Serves 8-10

Chocolate Cream Pie

Ingredients:1 bag Chocolate Chips
12 oz. Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Pie Crust, already baked

Steps:
1. Place a bowl in the freezer to chill.
2. Remove bowl from freezer and pour heavy whipping cream into bowl.
3. Beat heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
4. Place whipped cream in fridge.
5. Get a bowl that is large enough to rest on the rim of a pot. Fill the bottom of the pot with water and bring to a boil.
6. Once water is boiling place chocolate chips in bowl and mix until melted and smooth.
7. Let cool. Once cooled remove whipped cream from fridge.
8. Mix a scoop of chocolate into the whipped cream by folding. Continue until all chocolate has been added.
9. Scoop into a baked pie crust and place covered in freezer until ready to serve.

Serves 8-10

** If a gluten free pie crust is used, this pie is completely gluten free.