Apple Pie

Apple Pies are delicious served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of them. Here again, with the Apple Pie recipe, there are thousands of different ways to make an Apple Pie, and this is how that I make my homemade Apple Pies. My favorite apple to use in baking apple pies is the Granny Smith Apple.  Apple Pies go great on the table at Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter.

                                                                         

                                                                  

Utensils: 

Kitchen Knife

Cookie Sheet lined with Aluminum Foil

Mixing Spoon

Fork

Pastry Brush

Aluminum Foil

Oven Mitts

One Large Mixing Bowl

Ingredients: 

Five or Six Granny Smith Apples, peeled, sliced thinly

Sugar

Brown Sugar

Salt

One Egg, slightly beaten

One Fresh Lemon

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

Pumpkin Pie Spice

Allspice

All-Purpose Flour

Butter or Margarine

One package Frozen Pie Shells, I use the nine inch ones (Sit the pie shells out while preparing the pie)

Vanilla Ice Cream (optional)

Directions:

Place the sliced Granny Smith Apples into the large mixing bowl, add about one half cup sugar, about one half cup of brown sugar, a pinch of salt, one teaspoon fresh lemon juice, one teaspoon cinnamon, one half teaspoon nutmeg, one half teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, and about one fourth of a teaspoon of the allspice. Gently stir the ingredients. Do not worry if it looks like that you have too many apple slices, you do not. Add about one fourth cup of all-purpose flour to the apple mixture and gently stir.

Open the pie shells and place one of them on the cookie tray. Spoon the apple pie mixture into the pie shell, using all of it. Place some slices of the butter or margarine on top of the apple slices, about five to six pieces.

Take the second pie shell out of it's aluminum foil pie pan and place it on top of the sliced apple mixture. Take a fork and crimp the edges of the pie shells together. Take the knife and make small air vents in the top of the pie.

Using the pastry brush, brush the top of the apple pie with the beaten egg. Bake the Apple Pie in a 425
degrees oven for twelve minutes, then turn the oven temperature down to 350 degrees for around thirty five
to forty five minutes, until the apples are fork tender inside of the pie. Remove the pie from the oven and let
it stand at least an hour or so before trying to slice it. The longer you let the pie cool, the easier it will be to slice it.

*Note: If you notice the edges of the pie getting too browned while baking, cover pie slightly with the aluminum foil.

The apple pie tends to spill out while baking, so be sure to use the cookie tray to catch the mess of any apple mixture.