Quick & Easy Apple Pie

1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 pie crusts
1 cans apple pie filling
cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  In a 9" cast iron frying pan melt the butter. Remove 1 Tbsp. of butter and set aside.  Add brown sugar and stir until blended and bubbly.  Remove from heat.  Top with 1 pie crust.  Pour apple pie filling on top of crust.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar (about 1 tsp.)  Top pie filling with 2nd pie crust.  Brush with the 1 Tbsp. of melted butter.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar (about 1 tsp.).  Bake 30-40 minutes or until crust is done and lightly browned.

Comments:  This recipe came from Trisha Yearwood's cooking show and yes I made a slight change.  I used 2 cans of apple pie filling instead of 1.  I also used my square copper pan so it would hold the 2 cans of apple pie filling.  One thing you will notice is that the butter/sugar may overflow to the top and create a caramel which is delicious.   For a dish that is so simple I couldn't believe how delicious it is.  I took some to one of my food testers and she added a scope of ice cream.  I took her a very large serving and she said it was so good that she ate it all in one sitting.  I want to try this using other fruits - peaches, strawberries, blueberries....

Sweet Potato Pie

1 can (21 oz.) Bruce's Baked Sweet Potatoes
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
2 large eggs
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground nutmet
1/2 tsp. salt
1 unbaked deep dish pie crust

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  With a mixer beat potatoes, milk, eggs and spices until well blended.  Pour into pie shell.  Bake 15 minutes and then reduce heat to 350 degrees.  Bake another 60-70 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Comments - About 30 minutes into baking at the 350 degrees I laid a piece of foil over the top to stop the browning of the crust.  This pie is thick and oh so good, as well as easy to make.  When my pie was done I dabbed it with thin slices of butter and sprinkled just a little sugar over the top.  Then I placed it back into the oven just long enough for the butter to melt completely.  Changes - top with marshmallows and pecans.  But for me, I loved this the way it is.