Peeling & Slicing Apples, The Easy Way

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I love, love, love baking.  Have you noticed yet?    One thing I make pretty regularly is Apple Pie.  Not every week, mind you, but a few times during the year.  My husband loves it, and it rarely lasts 4 days.  Making apple pie isn’t as complicated at some people think.  And, I use a few little tricks that make it easy to peel and slice the apples.

Want to make an apple pie, but hate prepping the apples?  Here’s an easy way to prep the apples for apple pie or just for eating!

A vegetable peeler makes peeling a snap.

You don’t need a fancy apple peeler (although if I find one at an antique sale I’m snapping it up!).  I use a regular ol’ vegetable peeler. I usually take the top off, and then peel it off in strips from the top of the apple to the bottom.  Think of planks on a wine barrel.  Get the idea?

Then, I took a hint from a chef friend of mine to cut it into pieces.  Starting like this: turn the apple upside down and slice of one side and then the other…

Then, slice off the other two ends, and your apple will look like this:

Now, get rid of the core (add it to your compost if you wish), and slice your apples into 1/4 inch slices like this:

See how easy that was?  Now, you try it! 

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