Apple Pie By Grandma Ople

This is an apple pie recipe that I found on the internet that has been my go-to for the past five years. It wont let you down :) Just typing this out gets me excited for fall and all things cinnamon-y & nutmeg-y. Not too long from now.

Apple Pie By Grandma Ople  

• 1 crust for a 9 inch double crust pie (see below) 
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup backed brown sugar
• 8 yellow apples (any type) peelled, cored, sliced.
• cinnamon & nutmeg to taste (the more the better!) 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.

Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust. Pour slowly so it does not run off.

Bake 15 minutes in preheated oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-45 minutes. I sometimes cover the crust edges with aluminum foil to prevent it from burning.

#1 Pie Crust

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening, chilled, cut into small pieces
• 4 tablespoons of ice water (more or less)

Blend the flour, sugar, salt. Add the butter and shortening; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of ice water  over mixture. Process just until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into a ball and split into 2. Flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic. Chill 1 hour.

Roll out the both disks on a lightly floured work surface into a round. Transfer the dough to a 9-inch diameter pie dish. Fold the overhang under. Crimp edges decoratively. Pierce bottom of crust all over with a fork. Freeze crust for 15 minutes. Put pie filling inside and cover with 2nd layer of crust. Cook at 425 for 15 minutes and reduce to 350 for 35-45 minutes.