Apple Pie

I am not much of a baker, actually, I hate baking, I always screw it up. But I found this recipe and tried it and it was surprisingly easy and very very good. It's all from scratch. I've had several people ask for the recipe and how to do it, so here it is. I've always been told that making pie crust from scratch it very difficult, but his recipe is fool proof, trust me, I did it so it's got to be easy. It's super flakey and yummy. And baking this pie will fill your house with an awsome cinnamon and clove smell thats to die for!!

Crust-
2 1/2 C flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 C butter (2 sticks) chilled and cut into small pieces
1/4 to 1/2 C ICE cold water

In a food processor or kitchen aid combine flour, salt, and sugar. Add butter pieces and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal. While machine running, add ice water until dough holds together without being wet or sticky, do not over process! Devide dough into 2 balls and flatten into disks and store in fridge to chill for 1 hour.

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Apple mixture-
10 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
3/4 C sugar
Zest and juice of 1 lemon (I just used store bought lemon juice)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
pinch ground cloves
2 Tbs butter
1 egg beaten
2 Tbp flour
Combine apples, flour, sugar, lemon juice, and spices. Toss well.

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Take chilled dough out of fridge and roll into circle that will fit generously in your pie pan. Fill with apples and dot with butter. It may seem like you're putting way to many apples in but they will cook down and fit perfectly. If the dough gets to soft and hard to work with, just put in back in the fridge for 10 min and it will harden up perfectly.

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Roll second ball of dough out and cover apples. USe clean kitchen scissors to cut off excess dough, leaving a half inch to crimp.

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Fold dough UNDER all around

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Use your fingers to crimp edges

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Brush on beaten egg mixture and sprinkle with sugar around the egdes. Cut a smill hole in the top to vent

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Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 for 1 hour and it will cook perfectly!

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