Apple Pie

I have been wanting to make an apple pie. I made one two years ago for Thanksgiving and it was a big success! I haven't made one since. And this makes me sad. So, since I will be stuck at work this Thanksgiving I volunteered to make one for our staff party. Then I thought: why make just one? If I make the filling in advance I can make three pies! That's three chances for me to enjoy my efforts! And thus I decided to make a work pie, an in-law pie and a pie for my own fam. Which means I spent today peeling, coring, slicing and cooking 9 pounds of apples!! It was crazy. It was intense. It was depressing....All that work and I don't even get to enjoy a pie today. Instead, my freezer is stocked with filling and crusts and come next week I'll be ready for an apple pie marathon. I just hope this recipe turns out as well as I remember....Oh! And because I love the Pioneer Woman, and secretly want to be her, I used her pie crust recipe. I have only ever used my mom's before, but this one was about the same ingredients and specifically calls for freezing. Plus, I saw her recipe for hard sauce. BONUS! I had never heard of hard sauce, had no idea what it was, but it's made for pie and sounds amazing! So I'll be trying it out as well. Check out PW and her recipe here.