Apple Pie!

A couple of weeks ago I made a delicious apple pie for a lunch with friends. It was the first apple pie I have ever made, and I think it turned out quite well. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, so I'm going to share the recipe here!

For the crust:

Use 1 1/3 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of shortening and blend together with a pastry blender. It's much easier to use a pastry blender for this, but if you're in a pinch you could also use a potato masher. After it's blended toss in 3 tablespoons of ice water one tablespoon at a time and blend together with a fork. Form the dough into a ball and roll it out to fit the pie dish.

For the filling:

Peel, core, and slice 3 apples (I used granny smith). Then toss the apples in a mix of 1 tablespoon of flour, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1/8 a teaspoon of cinnamon. Then transfer to the pie crust.

For the topping:

Mix 2 1/4 cups of flour and 1 1/2 cups of light brown sugar (unpacked). Next, use a pastry blender to cut in 2 sticks of soft unsalted butter. Cut the butter into pieces to make it easier. It is really difficult to do this without a pastry blender.

To bake:

Set the oven to 425 and bake for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn the oven temp down to 375 and bake for 30 minutes. Then you have a delicious apple pie! It tastes best when it's still hot, but it's good cold too.

Enjoy!