Overall, pies are fairly easily to make as far as desserts go and they are always a crowd pleaser :)
Yield: 1 apple pie
Ingredients:
1 Pillsbury pie crust
3 granny smith apples
2-3 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/3 cup of sugar
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of corn starch
1/2 of a squeezed lemon
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
3 tablespoons of melted butter
1 tablespoon of melted butter
One piece of aluminum foil
Cooking Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Start by peeling the apples.
3. Then dice the apples. The size of the slices is up to you but I prefer to cut the pieces fairly small.
4. Add the sugar, cinnamon, butter, brown sugar, nutmeg, lemon juice, and cornstarch to the apple mixture.
5. Mix the mixture so that all of the spices and sugar and butter get incorporated.
6. Spray the pie tin with Pam to prevent any sticking.
7. Unroll the pie crust into the pan. Push the crust as far up the pan as you can. It is important to make sure that the bottom pie crust can "meet up" with the top pie crust.
8. Add the apple mixture to the pie tin. There is no rule book about how "full" the pie tin needs to be. I try to add as much as I can.
9. Place the second pie crust on top of the mixture. Press the two pie crusts together so they come together to make a pattern. Use your fingers to create triangle-squiggly type shapes all around the pie crust. Then make some holes in the center of the pie crust. This will let the air escape as the pie cooks.
10. Use the remaining one tablespoon of melted butter to brush it all over the pie crust (the edges and the middle). This will help create a golden brown color on the pie crust.
11. Take a piece of aluminum foil and fold it in half. Then fold it in half again. Then cut a quarter of the circle out of the foil.
12. Unfold the foil and it will create a circle. Then place the circle on top of the pie. The goal of this is to cover the crust of the pie. You do not want the edges of the crust to over cook so it is crucial to put on the aluminum foil.
13. Place the pie in the oven and cook for about 40 minutes and then remove the aluminum foil.
14. Cook the pie for another 20 minutes.
15. Remove the pie and serve with vanilla ice cream!
NOTE: If you do want to create your own pie crust - here is a recipe that I like to use:
1 cup of flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
4 teaspoons of ice cold water
6 tablespoons of butter
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