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Whether it's pie a la mode in the summer, or still-warm from the oven on a cold winter's day - or as part of a Thanksgiving feast - homemade apple pie is always a crowd pleaser.

You can start with your own newly picked apples, or use a can of prepared filling, but there's always something heart warming about the aroma and taste of a fresh baked apple pie.

The pie crust is also an important part of the whole experience, of course, and in the Web sites just up ahead you'll find recipes and instructions for making the complete, perfect apple pie.

Top it with streusel, whipped cream, or just eat it plain — its American soul food at its finest ...


Apple recipes & how-to instructions around the Web:

Pastry Wiz How To Make An Apple Pie - Simple step by step instructions lead you from apples (Granny Smith recommended) to the finished pie. Directions and tips for apple pie filling, making and rolling out the pie crust dough and anything else you'll need to put together and bake your first apple pie.

Recipe Source - Apple Pies - Hundreds of variations on the basic apple pie recipe should let you find exactly what you're looking for whether it's no sugar apple pie, low fat apple pie, apple-pumpkin or apple-cranberry for the Thanksgiving Turkey or just a basic family dessert...

Best Apple Pie Apple Idea - New York State - Apple Country offers a primer on which apples to use for your apple pie to get a sweet pie or a tart pie. Hints for dealing with apples that get mushy when they are baked in a pie and related resources to o tons of great apple recipes.

Weight Watcher's Apple Pie Recipe - The fitness group offers an apple pie that tastes delicious and is only 4 points on their daily food allowance schedule. This is the ideal apple pie for all of the dieters in your circle...

FamilyFun: Teach Your Child to Bake Apple Pie - A Disney offering gives step by step directions for baking a classic apple pie with the kids. Great for them to show off their cooking skills on the holidays or just to learn the joys of cooking.

No Apple Pie - Here's a twist...apple pie without apples! Besides the unusual recipe, you'll get a brief history of the apple pie including some tidbits -- (apple pie was a favorite dessert during the reign of Elizabeth I in England) along with some Colonial American baking secrets...

Equal Apple Pie - If you're looking for a delicious apple pie that the diabetic in your life can enjoy, here's a recipe from Equal, the sugar substitute company -- Food Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1-1/2 starch, 2 fat...