Easy as Pie!

If you're in need of a Thanksgiving dessert to impress your family this Thursday, you're in luck! This is the third time that I have made an apple pie using this recipe. The first two were perfect, but the third came out a little tart- nothing that can't be balanced out with some vanilla ice cream! I combined two recipes into this one and used a store-bought crust (who has time to make a crust from scratch?!). 

Ingredients

• Refrigerated pie crusts (I used the Wal-Mart brand and in my unprofessional opinion, it's better than Pillsbury)
• ½ cup of butter (I used one stick of salted butter and it tasted just fine!)
• 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup of water
• ½ cup of white sugar
• ½ cup of packed light brown sugar
• ¾ teaspoon of ground cinnamon (I didn't actually measure, I just sprinkled in what I wanted)
• ⅛ teaspoon of nutmeg (again, I didn't measure)
• 6 or 7 Granny Smith apples- peeled, cored, and sliced

And a 9 inch pie dish!

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 425° F
2. Let your refrigerated pie crust sit out and soften 10-15 minutes before you’re ready to use them.
3. Melt your butter in a saucepan. Mix in flour. Add water, white and brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer while you're getting your crust ready.
4. Place the bottom crust in your dish, firmly press it down, and fill it with apples
5. Gently pour the butter mixture over the apples
6. For your top crust, you have two options! You may take the second crust and place it right over the top, pinching the edges and cutting slits in it; OR you may weave it into a lattice top pie crust! I’ll insert videos for both J
7. Cover the edge of your crust with aluminum foil so it doesn’t burn!
8. Bake your pie at 425° F for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350° F and continue baking 35 to 45 minutes. At 35 minutes I take the foil off the edges and then continue to check it to make sure it doesn't get too crispy!

This pie turned out flawless the first time I made it in June!

Crust