Categories: Apples, Cakes & Pies, Dessert, September2012

Ingredients

• The Crust:
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp cold water
• 1/2 Tbsp white vinegar
• The filling:
• about 12 apples, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• a dash of salt
• Crumb topping:
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions

1. The Crust:

2. 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.

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

4. To make the filling, stir together:

5. about 12 apples, peeled and sliced

6. 1 cup white sugar

7. 1/3 cup flour

8. 1 tsp cinnamon

9. a dash of salt

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

11. 1 cup flour

12. 1/2 cup butter

13. 1/2 cup brown sugar

14. To assemble pie:

15. Preheat oven to 400F.

16. Roll out your pie dough and place in pie plate.

17. Dump filling in pie crust. Cover with crumb topping.

18. Put pie on a cookie sheet (to catch any drips) and cover with tin foil (to keep from browning too quickly).

19. Bake for 50 minutes, remove tin foil and bake for 10 minutes more.

20. Let pie cool a little. Serve with good vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!

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