Deep Dish Apple Pie

O.k. Now that I have given you the recipe for the no fail pie crust, let's fill it with apples........



In this recipe because it's going to be a deep dish I would use a whole 3 pound bag of tart apples such as Granny Smith's. Pared, cored and thinly sliced.

1 cup of sugar
3 tbls. of flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
dash of ground nutmeg
3 tbls. butter
dash of salt

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl place your pared, cored and thinly sliced apples in it. Combine the sugar, flour and spices, thoroughly mixing it in with the apples. Line your deep dish pie plate with half of the rolled out pie crust recipe that I gave you previously, pour in all the apple mixture, take your hands and level them out. Now break up the 3 tablespoons of butter placing it around the top of the apples. Place the other half of the rolled out pie crust on top of the apples crimping the edges to seal the crust. Take a paring knife and make a few slits in the top of the crust for the steam to escape. Sprinkle it with sugar and you are ready to bake. You can use an egg white mixed with a tablespoon of water to brush on top before you add the sugar if you'd like but it is not necessary. Bake at 400 degrees for 50 minutes or until done.