It's apple season, and I've been craving apple pie. As the seasons change, I love it when different foods come into their prime. Apples couldn't be any sweeter or crispier this time of year, and it's the perfect time to take advantage of them. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Right? Sure, why not? When I was a little girl, my Grandma Rose often made apple pie. She wasn't much of a cook as I remember her, but she sure made a killer pie. One of my fondest memories with her was going shopping on Saturday.
Every Saturday, without fail, my mom, grandma, and I would go to the mall, shop until we dropped, and then go out to eat. It was usually Perkins or Hoss's Steak and Sea House or my favorite, Long John Silver's. How can you not love hush puppies and french fries?! That was our tradition.
Great memories! Another fond tradition that I have with my grandma was making apple pie. She was always at our house, nearly every day, and she'd make apple pie a couple of times a month. I'd sit at the kitchen counter and intently watch as she peeled each apple, sliced them up, and sprinkled them with sugar and cinnamon.
I loved watching her make the dough, roll it out, and measure it with the pie plate, while we enjoyed some kind of silly chit chat. One of the best things about her apple pie is that she always made extra dough. After she constructed the pie, trimmed, and fluted the edges, she always had enough for an extra treat. Jelly rolls! She'd roll out that extra dough, spread a grape jelly layer, roll it up, and toss it in the oven. Then we'd enjoy grape jelly rolls as an appetizer to our homemade apple pie. Those are sweet memories I have with Grandma Rose, and even though I don't eat a lot of pie, I can never eat a piece without thinking of her. This particular recipe isn't hers, but I hope to share it on the blog soon. It's one I stumbled across on All Recipes. It has a gooey filling, and its 11,000 five-star reviews couldn't help by catch my attention. You can't argue with that! The only slight modification I made to the recipe (which is really no modification at all) is using some decorative apple and leaf cutouts. So, here's to apple season, and here's to Grandma Rose!
