First of all, buy yourself a beautiful 8” baking dish/pie plate. Spritz it with the tiniest spray of Pam.
Purchase your favorite Mrs. Smith’s pie (fruit pies work best because they have to be baked – cheesecake, eh not so much). Remove it from the box, the shrink-wrap AND the aluminum pan and place it in your lovely pie plate. Let it sit at room temperature for a couple of hours – until crust edge is malleable. Using your fingertips, rework the edge of the crust to make it look hand made. ;-)
Preheat oven as directed on the box. Brush the crust with 2-3 TBSP of melted butter and sprinkle with 2 TBSP of sugar. Cut 5-6 vents.
Bake as directed on the box. (you may want to put a piece of heavy duty foil on the bottom rack to catch any filling that bubbles over) Fruit pies are usually done about 10 minutes after they start to bubble.
Remove from oven – cool on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes. SMILE AND SERVE! (Bury all store wrappings in the bottom of the trash can)
