Mmmmm...Apple Pie

I made my very first homemade apple pie this past Sunday. It turned out so great! Many thank you's to my friend Kristin for sharing the recipe with me :)





Here's the recipe:

Crust:

2 1/2 c. flour

1 c. unsalted butter (2 sticks) very cold and cubed

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. sugar

4-8 TB ice water

Pie Filling:

1/2 c. sugar

1/4 c. flour

3/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

dash of salt

6 c. thinly sliced apples

2 TB butter

*In a medium bowl, mix flour, salt and sugar.  Cut in butter, using two knives or a pastry blender, until butter/flour particles are pea sized.  *Sprinkle with water 1 TB at a time until all flour is moist and pastry almost cleans the side of the bowl - add more if needed. *Gather into a ball, divide in half.  Shape and flatten into round on floured surface; you should be able to see bits of butter.  Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until pastry is pliable. *On a lightly floured surface, with a floured rolling pin, roll one half  into 2" larger than  pie plate.  Transfer to plate.

*In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.  Stir in apples.  Spoon into crust and add 2 TB butter on top.

*Trim pastry 1/2" from plate.

Roll out other pastry.  Place on top, trim edge, seal/fold and flute edge.  Brush with water and sprinkle with sugar.  Cover edge with foil.  Bake 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees.  Remove foil for the last 15 minutes.  Pie is done when crust is golden and juices are bubbling.

*Note*  I totally forgot about putting foil around the edge until the pie was almost done and it still turned out great :)