Simple & Tasty Apple Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 6 -7 medium apples
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice (optional)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine

Recipe

• 1 for crust:.
• 2 in a medium to large sized bowl, mix together flour and salt.
• 3 cut in butter with a pastry blender, until you have oatmeal-sized pieces of butter.
• 4 slowly add water, little amounts at a time (you do not want to add too much) and toss with fork until dough starts to come together.
• 5 on a lightly floured surface, roll out dough. (this recipe makes the top and bottom crust, divide dough in half before rolling.).
• 6 put one crust in the pie pan, set the other aside.
• 7 for filling:.
• 8 preheat oven 450°f, after 5 minutes of preheating, pre-bake the bottom pie shell 1-2 minutes.
• 9 cut apples and sprinkle with lemon juice (optional), set aside in a medium/large sized bowl.
• 10 in another bowl, mix sugars, spices and 2 tbsp flour. reserve 2-3 tbsp of mixture in a separate bowl.
• 11 toss apples in mixture, and arrange in pie pan (dome shape works well). sprinkle 1 tsp flour, then with reserved mixture.
• 12 dot with butter, and cover with second crust. seal/flute edges and slit steam vents.
• 13 bake for 10 minutes at 450°f, then rotate pie and bake 30-35 minutes at 350°f enjoy!