Apple Pie by Grandma Ople

To start this off, I wish I could claim this to be my recipe, but I can't. I do not have a Grandma Ople. I found this recipe on my favorite website, Allrecipes.com. I absolutely love this website. They have thousands upon thousands of recipes. The best part is that people can rate them so when you search for something like Apple Pie, then you can sort it by the rating. This recipe was rated 5 stars by over 2,000 people, so I thought this must be good. After getting a couple bags full of apples (thanks Rachel!!) I decided to make an Apple Pie. I have to say that I agree with the ratings, this recipe was far and away the best Apple pie ever! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

Ingredients:

9 inch double pie crust

1/2 cup unsalted butter

3 tbs. all-purpose flour

1/4 cup water

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 425 degrees. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form paste. Add water, white sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon then bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.

2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. (Have top crust ready) Place apples in a bowl, gently pour the sugar/butter liquid over the apples, reserving some liquid for top of crust. Mix gently. (Remember to work fast once the mixture sets it gets difficult to work with.) Pour apple liquid mixture in crust. Place top crust and pour reserved liquid over top crust slowly (lattice crust works best, but any top crust with slits to allow the liquid to seep down into pie works). Pour slowly so that liquid doesn't run off.

3. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated over. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees. Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.

It sounds a little difficult, but it's not. Just have everything ready before you start apples, crusts, everything and you'll do great. Mine tasted wonderful and I used salted butter. The apples don't have to be Granny Smith. A lot of the reviews said they were too tart. Anyway, I hope you try the recipe as well as check out Allrecipes.com. I don't know what I'd do with out this site!

Amanda Haderlie