Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Grandma Ople's Apple Pie

Ingredients:
2 9" pie crusts
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 Tbl. all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 brown sugar
1/4 cup water
8 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
Directions:
1. Melt butter in a sauce pan. Stir in flour to form a paste. Add both white and brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil, reduce temperature and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Place bottom crust in pie pan. Fill with apples. Pour sugar mixture over apples, reserving enough to cover crust.
3. Cover pie with lattice crust. Using a basting brush, brush remaining sugar mixture over lattice crust.
4. Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees, reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking for 35-45 minutes.