I know what you’re thinking: Dang, those are some lovely pies. Even though my husband laid down the law and said, ONE pie every SEVEN days, no more! I said, can I pretty please bake a pie for graduation? He said, OK, you can make a pie. And then I made two: Bourbon Apple and Apple Berry.

The apple berry has granny smith apples, raspberries and blueberries — a nice summer pie. It is sweetened with apple juice and has no added sugar. My parents both have diabetes, as does my father-in-law, so I had planned to serve this pie so they could join us in enjoying a little dessert.

It’s a great sugar-free pie. You would not have any idea it was sugar-free if I didn’t tell you. The fruit and juice make it plenty sweet. You can make it with just blueberries but I love raspberries so I did both.

In my mind, it’s not a celebration unless there’s a little bourbon involved. Therefore, the Apple Bourbon Pie was my choice for a very celebratory pie. It was a shot or two for the pie, and a shot or two for the baker. You could smell those sweet whiskey fumes coming off the apples when it baked in the oven.

The pie was delicious — a family favorite, and good thing, too since I was serving it to guests.

Fruit pies, in my opinion, are best served warm with a dollop of vanilla ice cream on top and a cup of coffee on the side.

My mother-in-law paid me a very high compliment when she told my sister that I’ve become “quite a good cook.”

I beamed.

Since I defied my husband’s pie ban, I suppose I’ll now have to go 14 days pieless. That’s OK, though. I need time to plot my next pie.

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