My mom started cooking her apple pie filling before she placed it into the pie dough to bake. I came up with the idea - when the apples are in season and cheaper we would cook the filling and just freeze that in bags and it works great. When we want apple pie, which is a family favorite, I'd make the dough and place the thawed filling inside and bake as normal. This work fantastically for several reasons - the top crust stayed nice and pretty and didn't have the pie filling dripping out while cooking. I am one of the odd balls - I love making pie dough and with the extra we make cinnamon sticks. The other odd thing is that my Mom's apple pie is made with Red Delicious apples - it's awesome.

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