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Apple Pie

I love this recipe and it is extremely popular with guests.

What you need

  1. 1 recipe double crust pie pastry or 1 recipe single crust pie pastry 1 recipe crumb topping (included here)
  2. 6 large Granny Smith apples
  3. 1 cup sugar
  4. 1/4 tsp salt
  5. 2 tbl flour
  6. 2 tsp cinnamon
  7. 1 tbl butter or margarine
  8. »«For pastry topped pie»«
  9. 1 tbl milk
  10. Cinnamon sugar
  11. »«Crumb Topping»«
  12. 1/2 cup flour
  13. 1/4 cup sugar
  14. 1/4 cup butter
  15. 1 tsp cinnamon

How to make it

  1. Preheat oven to 450º
  2. Pare and slice apples and place in a large mixing bowl
  3. Add sugar, salt, flour and cinnamon and stir to combine
  4. Line a 9 inch pie pan with pastry, leaving a 1 inch overlap
  5. Spoon apples into pan, mounding in the center and packing well
  6. Dot with butter or margarine
  7. If using pastry topping - brush edge of lower pastry lightly with water, cover top of pie with pastry and fold and crimp edges
  8. Working quickly, brush top crust lightly with milk (don't allow milk to pool at crimped edge) and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar
  9. Cut a few vents in upper crust
  10. If using crumb topping - using a fork or pastry blender, quickly mix topping ingredients
  11. Sprinkle evenly over pie, pressing lightly
  12. Bake 15 minutes at 450, then reduce oven to 350 and bake approximately 45 minutes longer

I use Pillsbury Pie Crusts that I purchase in the refrigerator section, rather than make the pastry from scratch.

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