Baked this for friends over the weekend with very high hopes after having some from Elegant Farmer while on vacation in Aug. I have to say, I was really disappointed. I used Granny Smiths and followed the recipe exactly, including microwaving the filling for 5 minutes. It was my first time making crust and from that standpoint I was ecstatic, the crust was perfect. The rest, not so much. It was very tart and soupy, I was expecting a stand up filling like the farmer but I was already worried when microwaving it left A LOT of liquid and the flour didn't do a lot to absorb it. I debated not putting the liquid into the pie but the recipe didn't say to drain it and it was full of all the sugar and spices so in it went. The filling didn't hold together, it overflowed something awful (the bag was great for catching all the "drips") and it was really tart. Did I do something wrong? Should I just not microwave it next time? Help.

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