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Favorite Apple Pie

On a blustery November day before Thanksgiving, Sarah and the twins made their favorite apple pie recipe.  Sarah opened an old cookbook and Hazel found the right page to get everyone started.

girl points to favorite apple pie recipe in an old cookbook Favorite Apple PieKarsten uses an old-fashioned apple peeler that is clamped to the counter while Hazel steadies a bowl of peels below. They take turns and repeat this process to get all the apples peeled.

boy holds onto apple on old-fashioned clamp peeling machine while girl waits for peels below boy makes concentration face while cutting down on appleSarah and Karsten slice apples while Hazel continues to read the directions and ingredients from the cookbook. Girl studies recipe in foreground while mom and boy slice apples in the background

Karsten and Sarah both slices apples while Hazel assembles the spices.

Mom and boy peel and cut apples in foreground while girl gathers ingredients for favorite apple pie in the background making Favorite Apple Pie

Karsten tosses peeled and sliced apples into a pie plate.

Motion blur shows boy tossing apples into pie plate while mom continues to cut apples in background making Favorite Apple PieFocus on bowl of apple peels on the floorGirl opens cabinet to look for spices for apple pie day

Sarah demonstrates how to use the lemon juicer.

Mom slices apple in one hand and demonstrates to child how to press down on lemon juicer with other handGirl measures lemon juice into a tablespoon for apple pie dayboy dries his hand with towel at kitchen sink with girl pouring lemon juice in the background Focus on bowl of apple pie day ingredients Boy pours apples in bowl while mom points toward the bowl making Favorite Apple Piemom gestures with fingers to explain cooking technique while son presses hands to his chest and smilesKarsten is ready to flatten Sarah’s pie crust with the French rolling pin. Boy smiles holding rolling pin ready to pound pie crust dough on counterGirl smiles as she pours apple pie day ingredients into bowl of sliced applesHand on far right holds bowl while boy stirs the bowl and girl carefully pours a tablespoon of lemon juiceSarah masterfully rolls out her pie crust. Kids watch mom roll out pie dough. Apples in foreground.Hands hold bowl steady while girl pours lemon juice and boy watches on. Hazel sneaks a little pie filling as Sarah rolls out the crust and Karsten watches.Mom rolls out pie crustPullback of mom and two kids in the kitchen where mom is rolling out pie crustHands pressing in pie crust into panhands press pie into pie plate while girl sneaks pie filling and boy chops more apples in the backgrounddetail of lemon juicer in window light Mom pours favorite apple pie filling ingredients into prepared pie crustSarah pats the sides of the pie plate. The filling is dotted with butter cubes.Open favorite apple pie filling, dotted with butter, as hands with motion blur press the sidesmom pierces the top of favorite apple pie crust while kids make mini pies with extra ingredients in the backgroundFluted pie crust ready to go into the ovenPie goes in oven while boy stands at edge of frame eating an appleThe kids make extra mini pies with leftover apple pie filling and dough.black and white of kids making extra mini pies while mom cleans rolling pin at the sinkKids make mini apple piesPerson pulls finished apple pie out of oven

Finished freshly baked favorite apple pie cooling on top of oven

Look here and here to see how much the kids have grown!

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