Cut time and apples with food processor

A couple pre-Thanksgiving thoughts on pie: I never buy pre-made pie crusts, but I'm not averse to skipping the work of slicing pie apples. The food processor works perfectly for that.

I did go to the trouble once of making pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin, and that was not worth the extra effort. Canned pumpkin is dandy stuff. And the pie recipe on any can of pumpkin is pretty much dandy as well, though I always use all brown sugar, no granulated, and I substitute half-and-half instead of using evaporated milk. The results are heavenly, if I do say so myself.