HomeMade Apple Pie - Pretty & Delicious!

I decided to bake an Apple Pie for Thanksgiving this year and since I get my free Subcription to Better Homes and Garden due to MyCokeRewards.com......I saw a Recipe for Cranberry-Apple Pie. Now I didn't include the Cranberries but the rest was wonderful!

CRUST

I use a Recipe from the November Magazine that was easy enough, however took a little bit of time. (about 30-40 minutes) but I would dare to say FOOL-PROOF! Why would I say that? Well I did exactly as the recipe said but my crust didn't turn out anything like the picture (plus I didn't have a PASTRY BLENDER). Nevertheless, the crusts were wonderful after all was said and done!!!

I will use it again! To see the Recipe go HERE. It's also on Page 178 of the November 2010 BHG Magazine.

Then for the Apple Pie Recipe I also got this from The November 2o10 BHG Magazine (page 182). Or you can go HERE for the Recipe. Because I don't have any special tools, I did all of the peeling, de-coring, etc myself for the apples. This too me a good hour to do. After this everything else went fairly quickly. (about 30 minutes).

Since the Pastry Recipe makes 3 Servings (two were for the crust and one serving was for the topping of one of the pies), I needed another topping. So I made a strudel Topping which was just as delicious, just slightly different!

FREE!!!

Being newly weds and leaning on God to provide every single detail of our lives....I am always looking for ways to make an extra buck or to get something for free! My newest thing this year has been MyCokeRewards.com. For those of you drink Coke Products or know people who do, you should invest your time into this.

With MyCokeRewards God has blessed me with a free subscription to Better Homes N' Gardens, a Lands' End Bag, free movie tickets with a Coke drink and now Chili's $5 Gift card. There is so much more to the endless prices you can send the points on! The trick: Taking the time to save up the points, the time to enter them in.

1.) First you find and collect CODES FOR POINTS.

Where you find the Codes for Points & What do they look like:

• The codes will be 12 to 14 letters and/or numbers long (i.e. J790L8KJBN44, DKUNGFPOMLKPHH)

• You can find them on the inside of the plastic bottle lids (from 12oz bottles to 3 litters.

• Also, on the inside of the boxes when you buy mass quantity of 12oz Cans (8 cans to 32 cans.

• Coke Products include: Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Minute Maid, Fanta, Fresca and more.
• NOTE: there are no cokes on the cans themselves and Dasani water bottles do not have codes on their lids.

2.) Sign-up and Sign-in

• All it takes is an Email to Sign-up at MyCokeRewards.com.
• Enter in each code, one at a time and the points start to rack up.
• You can enter in 120 points a week (the week rolls over 12AM Mondays)

3.) How much are they worth?

• Codes can be 3 points (bottle lids) to 32 points (codes inside the box of a 32 pack of 12oz Cans)
• Prizes can be any where from 0 points (instant winnings) to thousands of points or you can enter Sweepstakes for 3pts at a time.

What are some of the prizes?

• Over 40 Magazines Subscriptions to pick from (Martha Stewart Living-400pts, Traditional Home-133pts, Comfort Foods-166pts, Fitness-120pts, and more)
• A Ticket to a Movie at AMC Theaters + a Large Coke
• A Blockbuster Rentals
• Free Stuff from www.SnapFish.com (prints, photo mugs, calendars, etc)
• Music Downloads
• Gift Cards toward Budget Car Rentals, Hotel Stays, Omaha Steaks, Stores (K-Mart), Online Stores (shoes.com), Restaurants (Chili's) and more.
• Coco-Cola products (watch, shirts, Cokes drinks, screensavers, portable speakers, and more)
• Over 1,000 points products are like Panini Grill Maker, Stainless Steel Kitchen Utensils, Jewelry, and more)

Some Examples of what God has blessed our Household with thus Far through www.MyCokeRewards.com :

1 Year Subscription to “Better Homes and Garden” Magazine. (133 points) I started to receive the magazine in 6 weeks later and they come every week.

Free Admission to a Movie at AMC Theaters (includes IMAX Theaters) with a Free Large Coke (240pts)

$5 Gift Card to Chili’s Restaurant (140pts)

50 Free 4x6 prints from www.SnapFish.com (Zero pts) This was an instant winning.