Mile High Apple Pie

Last night we had a Luau for our church. It was put on by the Young Women, to be a fund raiser for Girls Camp. They offered free child care, and fed the children too. They requested a $10 donation per person over 10.
Then after the meal they had an auction. All of the Young Women had made desserts. Some of them were simple, but others were very elaborate. The desserts sold between $15 and $110, I think.
I think the item that went for the highest price was a raspberry almond spice cake. It looked really good. My husband was enjoying bidding to drive the price up. It took quite a while before we actually won anything, because most of what he bid on went sky high. Well the last thing to be auctioned off was a "Mile High Apple Pie". This pie is probably about a foot tall. They said it had 24 apples in it. Which took the girl who made it and her boyfriend an hour to slice and peel. Then it was covered in caramel and pecans.

We figured when we saw it that it was going to be an item that went for a lot. The bidding got started at $20, and then stopped at $35. We thought it was such a shame that something like that should end at $35, so my husband put a bid in at $40. Well we won it. It didn't go any higher than $40. I think we got it for a steal. Now we just have to figure out how to eat the whole thing.