My first attempt at pie...

It is definitely hideous!  I am trying to give it as a thank you to my in laws for all their help with our move and renovating the house so far, they have cleaned, scraped stiple, washed and painted walls for us, so I thought a nice beautiful apple pie would be a nice thank you...

Well I now know why so many people just buy the pie crust at the shop, it isn't as easy as Martha Stewart makes it looks (or Mark Mogatas for that matter... what's your pie crust tricks and recipe??).

So here's hoping to it tasting better than it looks.

At least I did the fancy fork marks around the edge...

Close up of the disaster.