Left to right: autumn tree, corn, pumpkins, apple pie

I visited an apple farm in Michigan several weekends ago and brought home more apples than I knew what to do with.  After whipping up several batches of applesauce and apple bread, I wondered if this should be the year that I try tackling my nemesis, the double crusted apple pie.

I consulted cookbooks and called up friends who had had apple pie success in the past and as a result made an apple pie that …