On our way back from our baseball road trip, our last stop was in Colborne, township of Cramahe, located in Northumberland County. The Big Apple.
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But, most importantly, you can eat and buy a wide variety of apple-based treats, from pies to apple chips. The cafeteria-style restaurant also offers some fast food and pre-made sandwiches are also available. There is also a gift shop, where you can buy non-edible stuff, such as pie-making stuff, toys, handbags and of course t-shirts. But careful if you have kids – read Barbara Kay’s warning about a whole section of “raucous” and “perverted” t-shirts.
But I digress. The whole point of stopping at the Big Apple is to buy a pie. That is the point. Their pie oven can bake 144 pies simultaneously, and at the time of our visit, 3 164 185 pies had been sold at the Colborne location. Another location is set to open in Muskoka soon.
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So I went ahead and bought an Apple Maple Pie. It was the 48 390th one sold, very low compare to favourites such as the Traditional or the Mumble Crumble, with over 1 million sold each. Their pies are quite thick, well worth the 10$ asked for the size you get. The crust is a tad crumbly, but it is fairly light and flaky. It is a bit light in color, but it is still baked correctly. The maple flavour barely came across, I was expecting more. Still, a good pie, worth a quick stop on the 401.
Much better than trying to feed the llamas, which the ladies tried and failed miserably to do.
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Warning: do not bother asking for forks if you buy a pie to take out.
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