How to Make a Fabulous Apple Pie {and some pretty great memories too!}

Use three different types of apples. The variety in texture and the differing degrees of sweetness and tartness all mix together to make a delicious pie with no two bites exactly the same.

Use real butter in the crust.  You won't regret it

Let little hands crimp the edges...

And make a mess.

If you've got a two year old handy, let him sprinkle the crumb topping.

Bake and share with the people you love.

{The Recipe}

The Crust:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp cold water
• 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar

Combine flour and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles course crumbs.  Mix together egg, water and vinegar,and stir into dry ingredients until a soft dough ball is formed.

Wrap dough in a clean damp tea towel and place in the fridge while you prepare the filling and crumb topping.

To make the filling, stir together:

• about 12 apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• a dash of salt

For the Crumb Topping, crumble together with a pastry cutter or your fingers:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

To assemble pie:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Roll out your pie dough and place in pie plate.
3. Dump filling in pie crust.  Cover with crumb topping.
4. Put pie on a cookie sheet (to catch any drips) and cover with tin foil (to keep from browning too quickly).
5. Bake for 50 minutes, remove tin foil and bake for 10 minutes more.
6. Let pie cool a little.  Serve with good vanilla ice cream.  Enjoy!

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