Pies part two

I ended up throwing the pie idea to the wayside, as we didn't have any shortening, and that was a good enough excuse to not make pie crust. I ended up making apple sauce and some apple cobblers in my cast iron pans (what a mess! I won't use them again for that). Here's some pictures.
I collected some apples first.

 Then me and my sister peeled them and I cut them into fourths and cut out the cores.

 Here they are peeled:

 I threw them into a pot with (approximately) 2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, a squirt of lemon juice, and some ground cinnamon. I think it is kind of neat how the stove looks purple in the picture.

 After a while... it gets mushy. This batch took about an hour. There were still a few lumps and chunks, but they were soft. I made over a gallon I think.

Hot apple sauce with vanilla ice cream... :-)

Here's one of the cobblers

 If you have any more recipes for apples, please share! Also any tips on taking pictures of food would be appreciated.