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Apple pie/cake in a skillet!!

After you go apple picking, there are only so many apples you can eat before you are thinking I will kill myself if I have to eat another apple, so what do you do with the rest? Well ,make a pie or a cake of course. Now, I love apple pies with the beautiful lattice that you make across the top ever so perfectly, but right now when time is non existent and you have people under 3 feet tall pulling at you while you are baking, you leave that lattice to Martha, and so what I look for in an apple pie is for it to be delicious and EASY!!! Here is a recipe that my mom would make when we were younger, and let me tell you, it is a KEEPER!!! Enjoy. Ingredients 4 to 5 small Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into six equal slices 
1 1/2sticks butter 
3/4 cup sugar 1 stick butter softened 
2/3 cup sugar
 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
 2 large eggs
 1/2 cup sour cream
 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
 1 teaspoon salt
 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
 1 small Granny Smith appl

Italian Tuna & Arugula Pasta

First of all, this should not even be tried with regular tuna packed in water, it won't work!!! This is SUPER easy, it tastes devine, and actually my boys LOVED it. It is a traditional way to eat the tuna in Italy, and you will see why once you taste it!! You can get the Tuna in any Italian supermarket/deli or Trader Joes. INGREDIENTS 1 pound dried fettuccine, spaghetti or linguine (use gluten-free pasta for gluten-free version) 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 large garlic cloves, or more to taste, finely minced Generous pinch hot red pepper flakes 2 6-ounce cans tuna packed in olive oil, drained Kosher salt 1/2 to 3/4 pound baby arugula METHOD 1 Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and boil until al dente. 2 While pasta cooks, heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-low heat. Add the garlic and hot pepper flakes and cook until garlic is fragrant and sizzling. Add tuna and shred it into fine flakes with a fork. Season with salt. Keep w