More yummy pie!

All this beautiful fall weather has just been getting me in the kitchen! I made my apple pie for a family gathering this past weekend and I think I should make it more often! It is a labor of love but so very worth it!

I have tried a lot of pie crusts, but this is the absolute best. ever. really. Don’t make this pie with a store bought crust…fine for pumpkin, but please not apple!   :-) Just kidding.

FLAKY PIE CRUST

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shortening, very well chilled

3 tablespoons ice water

DIRECTIONS

1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.
2. Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.
3. Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake. If you like, google directions for making a lattice top crust. You will need to double this recipe, regardless, for this pie.

My Apple Pie

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. each : cinnamon & nutmeg or more to your liking
• 8 Granny Smith apples or combo of other pie-worthy apples. I used Braeburn and Granny.
• egg for egg wash

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F .  Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. Lightly brush with egg white. This keeps the bottom crust from getting soggy. Fill with apples, mounded slightly.  Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the apples.Cover with a lattice work of crust. Brush top of pie with an egg wash and sprinkle with sugar. Bake 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until apples are soft. Insert a knife in the pie to make sure it easily cuts through the apples, but make sure they are not too mushy. :-)

I hope you will try it and love it, too. Email me if you have questions!