Awesome Apple Pie

 

This is an awesome apple pie recipe!  The first time I baked this pie was for Dixie, Robert Sr., Dan and Bob Lauer as a Christmas pie taste test.  My plan was to give a ceramic pie plate with a homemade pie in it to various friends and family.  Although this pie didn’t win the contest (winner: unforgettable pecan pie), it’s still a favorite of ours.  And by the way, Dan and Bob finished the remaining apple pie left from the taste test the very next day!  Recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com.

Ingredients

1 recipe pastry for a 9-inch double crust pie (See next page for recipe)

1/2 cup unsalted butter

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup water

10 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Instructions

Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add white sugar, brown sugar and water; bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and simmer 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded to overheaping capacity if needed! Cover with a latticework of crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust and into the latticework. Pour slowly so that it doesn’t run off.

Place strips of aluminum foil over the pie crust edges to keep from burning.

Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees.  Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees, and continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes.