Howdy, Pilgrim

I made a Pilgrim Pie tonight for my Thanksgiving party tomorrow at work. My hubby tried a small slice to make sure I wasn't going to make anyone sick (or so he said) and told me it was a pretty good pie. :) I'll include the recipe at the end. (That first photo is the whole bag of mini. Snickers that you have to (roughly) chop up.)

FYI: IT SNOWED TODAY! (c= We had snow flurries like crazy. It was spectacular. :)

Mixing my Granny Smith apples up with the sugar and spices:

Putting just a few of the apples on the Snickers layer (then adding the rest after the photo):

After putting the butter, vanilla, sugar, spices, & flour mixture over the top:

And my finished pie, which looks NOTHING like the photo I found:

And after you're all finished, you turn on the self-cleaning feature on the oven that you bought from your buddies and burn out ALLLLL the stuff that oozed out of the pie during the cooking process. Then, make a mental note to let that oven be the first thing you're going to say you're thankful for during your Thanksgiving dinner prayer.

Then you feel your way back into the living room because you can't see anything from the smoke that has filled your kitchen from the self-cleaning process. You'll be letting the pie cool for 20 minutes, well, after you've drizzled caramel over the top of it...or at least you hope it's caramel and not the Texas Pete Hot Sauce that was right NEXT to the caramel...you can't really be sure, what with all the smoke and all...

Happy Thanksgiving, Co-workers. Oh, and I made those pumpkin pies that you all like, too. *gag*

PILGRIM PIE

Prep time: 20 min.

Baking time: 45 min.

Difficulty: Easy

What you'll need:

• For the Pie Filling
• 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures
• 1 piecrust (9-inch ready-made)
• 4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  
• For Crumb Toppping
• 1/2 cup MILKY WAY® Brand Caramel Topping
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
• 1 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces

What to do:

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
   
2. To make the filling: Unwrap and roughly chop the SNICKERS® Brand Miniatures. Melt them in the top of a double boiler. When the candy is soft enough to shape, spread it along the bottom and sides of the piecrust.
3. Toss the apple slices with the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla extract.
4. Pile the apples into the piecrust. Set aside.
5. To make the crumb topping:

   In a large mixing bowl, blend the flour, sugar and nutmeg. Using your fingers, rub the butter into the flour mixture until it becomes coarse and crumbly.

6. Sprinkle the topping over the apples, covering the top completely.
   Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven for approximately 45 minutes.
7. Once baked, remove pie from the oven and drizzle MILKY WAY® Brand Caramel Topping over the crust.
8. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.

Tip: It’s always nice to serve vanilla ice cream with hot apple pie.

Makes 1 9-inch pie.