I am not sure that all college students are like my children, but they definitely do not eat enough fruits and vegetables.  So, we had a few extra apples that were going to get soft if something was not done.  I like Waldorf salad, but the girls do not like walnuts. What is an enterprising mother to do in order to get her kids to eat an apple a day?? Pie!

I used the recipe below as a guideline, as I do all of my recipes, but I did not have as many apples as was called for so it was not mounded as high as it would have been, but I take creative license where I must. Also, I tried something that has been rattling around in my brain for a while.  Usually, there is some shrinkage of the apples away from the top crust in most apple pie recipes…