Country Apple Pie

One of my coworkers brought me a bunch of apples from her parents' house the other day, and since I've been craving apple pie (or really any sort of pie) for awhile, I decided to give it a shot.

I've tried making apple pie before, but I've never been able to get the spice/sugar mix right to make the apples all yummy and gooey on the inside. Usually they just end up like sugary apples - more gritty sugar than gooey. But after some google-ing and a little reference cookbook checking, I felt I was ready. And it really did turn out great!

Here's my own recipe (which is a combination of several recipes I found):

1 lb.-ish (enough to fill the pie) tart baking apples, peeled and sliced
1 store-bought pie crust, at room temp
3 c. sugar
2 T. flour
3 T. cinammon (go to town here... use as much as you like!)
1 t. nutmeg
1/2 t. salt
3 T. lemon juice
5 T. butter (in 1 T. pats)

Mix sugar, flour & spices together in small bowl. Place 1st crust in pie pan (preferably glass). Fill with apples, sprinkle with sugar mixture. Drizzle lemon juice evenly over apples. Place butter pats on top of apples, evenly spaced. Cover with 2nd crust (you can be fancy with the top crust or just go with the basic top like me!). Press edge of crusts together with fork, remove excess crust. Cut steam holes to vent. Bake at 375 for 1 hour, or until crust is golden brown.



Maybe on my next attempt I'll try making my own crust! :)